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AMMAN, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Jordanians took to the streets in Amman on Monday, protesting the Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza Strip. During a march from the Jordanian professional associations' headquarters to the Prime Ministry, the demonstrators chanted slogans against Israel, calling for closing the Israeli embassy in Amman. The demonstrators urged the government to expel the Israeli ambassador in Amman and annul the Wadi Arabia peace treaty Jordan and Israel signed in 1994. Holding Jordanian and Palestinian flags, the participants, who included members of the Islamic Action Front and trade union activists as well as representatives of political parties, called lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza Strip. "We condemn the terrorist operation and call on the government to shoulder its responsibilities in protecting the Jordanians on board of the flotilla," the professional associations said in a statement of which a copy was obtained by Xinhua. According to the professional associations, there are 23 Jordanians on board of the aid-carrying ships. The raid by the Israeli commandoes on the aid-carrying ships bound for Gaza at Monday dawn lead to the death of 19 people on board of the ships, according to Israel's Channel 10 television.
