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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Jordan cracks down on pro-Palestine activism in largest arrest campaign since 1989: Report</h1><p class="gmail-">The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israel are reportedly behind Amman\u2019s new campaign, which has seen hundreds detained </p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">JUL 16, 2025 - </span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/jordan-cracks-down-on-pro-palestine-activism-in-largest-arrest-campaign-since-1989-report">https://thecradle.co/articles/jordan-cracks-down-on-pro-palestine-activism-in-largest-arrest-campaign-since-1989-report</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/f6d980bc-6243-11f0-a686-00163e02c055.webp" alt="" width="467" height="263" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: Reuters)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span class="gmail-article-body"><p>The
Jordanian government has been carrying out a heavy crackdown on people
who have expressed solidarity with the besieged Palestinians in the Gaza
Strip, sources told <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordan-targeting-gaza-solidarity-largest-arrest-campaign-decades"><i>Middle East Eye </i></a>(MEE) on 15 July. </p><p>\u201cA
widespread campaign led by the General Intelligence Department (GID) is
targeting activists and anyone who has sent financial donations or
other kinds of support to the victims of Israel\u2019s war on Gaza,\u201d several
sources inside Jordan confirmed to MEE. </p><p>Hundreds of people have been detained or questioned as part of this campaign. </p><p>\u201cThe
investigation was done purely for the sake of Israel. Jordan had
nothing to do with it,\u201d an anonymous detainee is cited as telling the
outlet. </p><p>A Jordanian political source told MEE that Saudi Arabia
and the UAE are two of the forces pushing for this crackdown, adding
that Amman hopes to secure financial aid from the two Gulf states in
return. Saudi Arabia and Israel are also involved in the push, according
to the political source.</p><p>The report added that people are being detained and interrogated without charge. </p><p>\u201cMost
of the arrested are interrogated and then released without anyone
knowing what has happened to them,\u201d other detainees said. \u201cIntelligence
officers have threatened those they arrest and told them not to say
anything about what has happened to them. They are told that if they do
reveal anything, they will be re-arrested.\u201d</p><p>Jordanian intelligence also told detainees that they were not to disclose the reasons for their disappearance. </p><p>\u201cAside
from the hundreds of people who have been arrested, others are told to
voluntarily report for interrogation in daylight hours. At the end of
the day, they are told to report back again the next day, with the
process often continuing for several days. Most, if not all, of the
detainees were interrogated about their solidarity with Gaza. The
investigations focused on sending donations, financial support, or
in-kind aid to the war\u2019s victims,\u201d the sources revealed. </p><p>It has
been described by Jordanians as the \u201clargest crackdown in decades.\u201d Many
are being held without access to lawyers or trials. A campaign of this
size has not been launched since the 1989 riots and protests against
government cuts on food subsidies. </p><p>The sources also say that
public anger about the situation is starting to grow, particularly over
the unknown fate of many prisoners. </p><p>The campaign is focusing on
Palestine supporters as well as opposition groups and political
Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which was <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/jordan-bans-muslim-brotherhood-for-disturbing-public-order">banned</a> in Jordan in April. </p><p>The
banning of the Muslim Brotherhood came after Jordanian security
services said they found rocket and drone manufacturing facilities
outside the capital, Amman. The rockets being made had a range of three
to five kilometers, according to the official statement at the time. </p><p>Amman said the<a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/jordan-foils-muslim-brotherhood-linked-plot-to-sow-internal-chaos"> plot</a>
was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. It claimed 16 Muslim
Brotherhood-linked individuals were arrested in connection with the case
and had previously undergone technical training in Lebanon.</p><p>Some of these weapons were allegedly bound for resistance groups in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.</p><p>Muslim
Brotherhood elements have participated in the Jordanian protests
against Israel\u2019s genocidal campaign in Gaza since the war began in 2023.
Many of these protests took place outside the Israeli embassy in Jordan
and were <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24051">suppressed</a> by the authorities.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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