KARAK – On Thursday, a video circulated by
activists on social media sites showed the opening of a shawarma restaurant
named “October 7” in the city of Karak, in the south of Jordan. The name
commemorates the day when Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas,
launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
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The clip showed dozens of people lined up in
front of the restaurant. According to the video, "the workers in the place
wear uniform shirts with October 7 written on them, Quds Press and Nabd
reported.
Karak’s historic pro-Palestinian sentiment
The Karak governorate, where the restaurant is
located, is considered one of the most pro-Palestinian cities.
The Israeli occupation targeted and killed
Palestinian journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh earlier in January, and the
municipality of Karak had previously announced renaming one of the streets in
the governorate in his honor.
“In embodiment of the sacrifice of the people
in the Gaza Strip and their steadfastness in the face of the barbaric Zionist
brutal attack, and in appreciation of the sacrifices of the dean of journalists
and the father of the martyrs, Wael Al-Dahdouh, the council of the Greater
Karak Municipality decided to name one of its streets after the martyr Hamza
Wael Al-Dahdouh,” the municipality said in a statement.
Israel’s reactions
Israeli media picked up the news of the
opening of the restaurant and circulated the video clip, prompting many
Israelis to express their disbelief.
The news infuriated Tel Aviv officials as the
Leader of the Opposition in Israel, Yair Lapid, said, “The shameful
glorification of October 7 must stop.”
“We expect the Jordanian government to condemn
this matter publicly and unequivocally,” Lapid added, via a post on X.
Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli newspaper,
reported, "The restaurant (October 7), in a country with which we have a
peace agreement, is another proof of the deterioration of relations with
Jordan."
What do Jordanians ultimately think?
A previous opinion poll in Jordan, conducted
by the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan on the
Israeli occupation’s aggression on Gaza, showed that “the majority of
Jordanians support [Operation Al-Aqsa Flood].”
Al-Qassam Brigades launched Operation Al-Aqsa
Flood on October 7 in response to the Israeli occupation’s violations in the
occupied Palestinian territories.
In retaliation and illegal collective
punishment, the Israeli occupation has waged a brutal 111-day war on the Gaza
Strip, killing 25,700 and injuring 63,740 people, the majority of whom are
children and women. The battle has also resulted in unparalleled levels of
destruction and humanitarian crises.
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