A protest in Amman, part of a national campaign by activists, syndicates, and unions, as well as political parties, to stop a gas deal between Jordan and Israel. Source: Khaled Al Shakaa on Twitter. On September 26, 2016, the Houston-based firm Noble Energy Inc. announced that it and a consortium of energy companies have signed a deal to supply natural gas from the Israeli-occupied Leviathan natural gas field to the National Electric Power Company Ltd. (NEPCO), which is wholly owned by the Jordanian government. The announcement was met with condemnation and backlash from the Jordanian public, who still largely oppose any form of normalization with Israel, despite two decades passing since the signing of the Wadi Araba peace accords between the two countries. Jordanian writer Samar Saeed said that this deal makes every citizen de-facto complicit in Israel's wars. By signing gas deal, Jordanian regime made every citizen a normalizer.We will subsidize future wars. cant live with this #غاز_العدو_احتلال — Samar Saeed (@Samarsaeed) 26 de septiembre de 2016 The deal was described as “historic” by the energy consortium, fulfilling Israel's ambition since the discovery of the field in 2010 of becoming a natural gas exporter. It will help Israel overcome the initial cost of developing the Leviathan field. According to energy consultant Amit Mor, “The development of the Leviathan project is crucial for the national security of Israel, which is currently getting all its gas from one field, the Tamar field. Thus, the diversification of gas sources is a must, and this will be enabled by the Jordanian market.” This is not the first natural gas deal between Israel and Jordan. In February 2014, Israel signed a $500-million deal to supply 1.8 BCM of gas from the neighboring Tamar field to the Jordan Bromine and Arab Potash companies. Both deals have been widely unpopular among Jordanians, particularly among the anti-normalization and BDS movements. A poll conducted in February by the Jordanian TV station Ro'ya showed that 90 percent of respondents were against importing gas from Israel. استفتاء برنامج نبض البلد في شهر ٢ يشير الى ان ٩٠٪ من الشعب الأردني ضد صفقة الغاز مع العدو #غاز_العدو_احتلال #الأردن_تقاطع #غاز_العدو_احتلال pic.twitter.com/ydYS91Z6hW — Samar Saeed (@Samarsaeed) 26 de septiembre de 2016 Nabd Al Balad poll in February points out that 90 percent of Jordanians are against the gas deal with the enemy. The National Campaign to Overturn the Gas Deal With the Zionist Entity, a coalition of activists, syndicates, political parties, and former members of parliament founded in January 2015, has been leading the national opposition to the gas deal with the hashtag campaign #غاز_العدو_احتلال, which translates to “The Enemy's Gas Is Occupation.” The campaign had held a “people's court” earlier this month, accusing the government and the companies involved of jeopardizing national security and of supporting Zionist terrorism. صور وفيديو: الحملة الوطنية لاسقاط اتفاقية الغاز تعقد محكمة شعبية لصفقة الغاز مع الكيان#غاز_العدو_احتلال #الشعب_يحاكم http://t.co/hItgNMk4yA — مسار تحرّري (@taharruri) 6 de septiembre de 2015 Pictures and Video: The National Campaign to Overturn the Gas Deal holds a people's trial for the gas deal with the Zionist Entity In response to the newly announced deal, the campaign released a strongly worded statement that lamented the government's decision to go ahead with the deal despite continued Israeli violations of the 1995 Peace Accords. The campaign went on to call for a protest on Friday, September 30, which is expected to be the first major Friday protest on the streets of Jordan since the 2011-12 uprisings. Campaign organizers also supported a call by the Herak Shababi, a youth movement that has been active since the 2011-12 uprisings, which held a sit-in on Tuesday evening in-front of the NEPCO headquarters. ِThe sit-in managed to attract almost 200 participants on short notice, before dispersing peacefully with a call to return to the street on Friday: سنبقى نهتف بأعلى صوتنا، لا للاحتلال لا للتطبيع القصري لا سلام حتى عودة الحقوق #غاز_العدو_احتلال pic.twitter.com/vSMcNPWwry — Samar Saeed (@Samarsaeed) 27 de septiembre de 2016 We will chant as loud as we can, no occupation, no forced normalization and no peace until the rights are returned.