Thousands protest in Amman over Israeli measures in Jerusalem

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Jordanian capital on Friday to condemn Israel's latest security measures at a highly sensitive holy site in annexed east Jerusalem.A crowd estimated to number more than 8,000 turned out for a demonstration called by Islamist movements and leftist parties in Jordan, which has a 2004 peace treaty with Israel.In the capital, the protesters set off on a march from the Al-Husseini Grand Mosque in central Amman.