A march in downtown Amman, described by organizers as ‘in defense of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque and against genocide”, was scheduled on 19 June 2026 following Friday prayers, and was cancelled by authorities shortly before it was scheduled to proceed.
The two organizing groups — the National Forum for Supporting the Resistance and Protecting the Homeland, and the Jordanian National Popular Front — issued a joint statement announcing and condemning the cancellation by the governor of Amman. Per the statement, organizers had notified the Governor 48 hours in advance in accordance with national legislation. The march is postponed by organizers to next week (Friday, 26 June 2026).
This event, wherein a march that was planned following all domestic legal processes was unjustifiably cancelled, clearly infringes on the fundamental freedoms of expression and assembly for Palestine solidarity activity in Jordan. This is within a broader shrinking of civic space, particularly in anti-Zionist expression and organizing, since the spring 2025 Brotherhood ban. The vast majority of the absence of protests in this period is due to ‘self-censorship’ on the part of protest organizers, in which organizers have held off on organizing protests knowing that they would be cancelled. This, however, is an instance of an attempt to organize, which has faced the outright cancellation by authorities.