Jordanians on Saturday (June 5) answered calls on social media to boycott a gas deal with Israel by "pulling the plug" and creating a blackout in support of Palestinians.

Footage showed families in Amman lighting candles during the one-hour protest.

Activists urged Jordanians to switch off all electricity from 10 pm to 11 pm local time.

Israel began pumping natural gas to Jordan in 2020 - a move that sparked protests in the kingdom by supporters of Palestinians.

The hashtag '#Pull_the_plug_to_raise_your_dignity' began trending on Jordanian Twitter Saturday, after the one-hour campaign, "pull the plug", to express the rejection of the gas agreement with the Israeli Occupation.
The Jordan Boycott Movement had called on Jordanians to participate in the campaign, describing the agreement to import gas from the Israeli Occupation as the largest normalization agreement.
Jordan’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement supported a campaign calling on the citizens and residents of the Kingdom to 'pull the plug' to create a 'blackout' as a form of protest against Israeli Occupation gas imports.
Activists urged everyone in Jordan to switch off the main electricity switch, causing widespread blackout Saturday from 10pm until 11pm.
In turn, many Jordanians and residents took part and circulated videos and images calling for wide participation in pulling the plug.