Jordanian protesters burn a US flag during a demonstration against the visit of US President Barack Obama in front of the US embassy in Amman, March 21, 2013.
Jordanians have staged a demonstration in the capital, Amman, to express their discontent with US President Barack Obama’s visit to the region.
Jordanian demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in Amman on Thursday, chanting slogans against the US president and burning American flags.
The US president will travel to Jordan to hold talks with King Abdullah II on Friday on the last leg of his Middle East tour.
The two sides are expected to discuss the crisis in neighboring Syria and the so-called Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Obama began its three-day trip to the region on Wednesday and held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, where he reiterated strong support for the regime.
He also paid a visit to the occupied West Bank and met with acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday.
Palestinians have also staged similar protest rallies against Obama’s visit over the past two days, saying he is not doing enough to stop Israel’s settlement activities and the arbitrary arrest of Palestinians by Israeli troops.
On Wednesday, Palestinian activists set up a protest camp on the controversial E1 area near al-Quds (Jerusalem) where the Israeli regime intends to build thousands of illegal settler homes.
They also took to the streets in Ramallah on Thursday and voiced their anger at Obama over his all-out support for the occupying Israeli regime.
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