The Jordanian army has shot dead Abdullah and Nibal Al-Madahinah, two Jordanian farmers and former soldiers, in the northern Jordan valley – home to some of Jordan’s poorest people. Their ‘crime’ was to enter a secret “buffer zone”, on their land, created to defend Israel. The pair were killed on Saturday.

Echoing Israeli propaganda against Palestinians in Gaza, according to local reports, the Jordanian regime – which brutally repressed protests in Abu Sayyidou triggered by the killings – smeared them as ‘ISIS’.
Their blood exposes the truth the regime wants hidden: Jordan kills its own people to “secure Israel” and silences all who resist.

Jordan’s army has imposed the unofficial ‘buffer zone’ along its border with Palestine, with no official announcement of its existence but enforced with lethal force against the local population. After the murders local people erupted in protest, blocking roads and chanting against the regime’s collaboration with Israel.

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By Skwawkbox

This post was originally published on Canary.