01.04.2011                      26.Adar ll, 5771

Jordanien:

Pessimism rules among Jordan’s would-be revolutionaries

35 activists from Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan and elsewhere in the region, will discuss strategies for the changing Middle East in workshop being held in Amman for anti-government organizers.

“Nadine,” a veteran of the January 25th movement that brought down Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February, sat in a posh café on Amman’s Rainbow Street on Thursday – furiously updating her Facebook page and scouring Twitter – while opposition forces in the capital mobilized for Friday’s protests here, which they vow will be the biggest yet, and may pose a threat to the current regime.
 “Jordan only has five million people; a million at least are with the army. Then there’s the Palestinians,” she said. “In Cairo alone, we have 20 million. The protests here tomorrow will only be a few thousand people at best. It won’t be Tahrir Square.”…