Massive protest march against Balfour Declaration, in support of Jerusalem

Public and political parties organized a massive protest march outside Grand Husseini Mosque in capital Amman, under the slogan “Loyalty to West Bank and Martyrs”, against Balfour Declaration, in support of Palestinians fight to defend Islamic sanctities in Jerusalem. Protesters raised Jordanian and Palestinian flags, and chanted slogans in support of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian resistance against Israel.

November 2 is the 105th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration issued in 1917, when British Foreign Secretary James Balfour sent a letter to Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement, granting the Jews the right to establish a national home in Palestine.