US: Jordanians gather in Amman to mark 78th anniversary of Nakba.

SHOTLIST: AMMAN, JORDAN (MAY 15, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS GATHERING IN FRONT OF AL-HUSSEINI MOSQUE IN AMMAN, CARRYING BANNERS AND CHANTING SLOGANS UNDER SECURITY MEASURES AMMAN, JORDAN - MAY 15: More than 2,000 Jordanians gathered at the Al-Husseini Mosque in Amman on Friday to mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, marching against the Israeli occupation while rejecting normalization and criticizing US support for Tel Aviv. During the event, Isam el-Havaca, head of the National Forum for Supporting Resistance, characterized the Nakba as a symbol of systematic ethnic cleansing and genocide. He highlighted that despite nearly eight decades of displacement and the destruction of hundreds of villages since 1948, Palestinian resistance remains steadfast. Palestinians use the term "Nakba," or "catastrophe," to describe the displacement of 957,000 Palestinians out of 1.4 million who lived in about 1,300 towns and villages in 1948, coinciding with the establishment of Israel on Palestinian land, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Israel continues to hold more than 9,400 Palestinians in its prisons, including 86 women, 3,376 administrative detainees and 1,283 detainees classified by Israeli authorities as “unlawful combatants,” the group said. The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s genocide since October 2023 reached 73,761 by the end of April 2026, including 72,601 in the Gaza Strip and 1,160 in the West Bank, according to a recent report by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.