Since October 7, Jordan has witnessed demonstrations in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. A few days ago, pages and accounts on social media published a video that was said to show clashes between demonstrators and Jordanian security forces.
It is true that the authorities talked about riots that occurred recently, but the video circulating on some pages and accounts has nothing to do with that, and is rather old.
The video shows what appear to be protesters throwing stones at military vehicles.
The accompanying comments stated that the video shows clashes between demonstrators in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Jordanian security forces.
The appearance of the video comes in this context in light of the continuing demonstrations in solidarity with the Gaza Strip in Jordan, where half of the population is of Palestinian origin.
On Sunday, the Jordanian authorities announced the arrest of a number of “rioters… after they carried out acts of rioting and sabotage, setting fires and throwing stones at vehicles on the public road.”
On Saturday, the Public Security Directorate published two short video recordings on its page on the
In this context, another video appeared on social media that was said to also document these clashes.
Video truth
However, this video is old.
It is enough to write “clashes – Jordan – demonstrators” to obtain copies of the same video that were published at least three years ago, which disproves that the scenes in it are recent, as the misleading publications claimed.
According to the websites publishing it at the time, the video shows a clash between demonstrators and security forces in the city of Ramtha, close to the border with Syria.
This video has previously appeared on social media in other contexts, including that it shows clashes between security forces and demonstrators in the Jordanian capital, Amman, in 2022.
However, a report by the Agence France-Presse (Agence France-Presse) fact-checking service showed at the time that the video was filmed in the city of Ramtha, and that it dates back to 2019, or earlier.
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