The agreement intends to address Jordan’s dire need for water and Israel’s goal to expand its renewable energy mix. The agreement, if implemented, would be one of the largest cooperation projects since Jordan and Israel signed a peace deal Water scarcity They were detained on a “violation of pubic order”, according to Fadi. Now he is in prison,” Fadi told Al Jazeera. “My brother went with his friends to protest the decision and he got arrested.

Jordanian police on Tuesday arrested 16 university students who were peacefully protesting the agreement, according to Fadi and Fuad Yousef, whose brother Yanal Yousef was detained.

“If the Israeli occupation signs an agreement, usually they don’t do what is stated.” “We don’t trust the occupation,” Jordanian Member of Parliament Saleh al-Armouti told Al Jazeera, referring to Israel. The project’s “declaration of intent” was signed on Monday in Dubai by Jordan’s water minister, Israel’s energy minister, and the United Arab Emirate’s climate change minister, in the presence of US Climate Envoy John Kerry. “It’s about being HUMAN,” the poster read. Nasreen held a poster made by her three children. “We, Jordanians, support Palestine, and we care about Jordan, that is why we are here today.” “We have the right to live Palestinians have the right to live,” Nasreen, a protester, told Al Jazeera. Opponents also warned that the deal would force Jordan to be dependent on its neighbour. Jordanians at the protest on Friday rejected the agreement, saying it moved towards normalising ties with Israel while it continues to occupy the Palestinian territories. Under the deal, Jordan would receive 200 million cubic metres (7.06 billion cubic feet) of desalinated water from Israel, in return for 600 megawatts of electricity generated from a UAE-funded solar energy plant in Jordan. The agreement, if implemented, would be one of the largest cooperation projects since the countries signed a peace deal 27 years ago. Amman, Jordan – Hundreds of people gathered in the Jordanian capital to protest a water-for-energy agreement between Jordan and Israel.

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