IN AMMAN YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION WAS HELD BY ARAB ORGANISATIONS TO COINCIDE WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES LAST YEAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HER ARAB NEIGHBOURS.

THE DEMONSTRATION WAS ORGANISED BY A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE COMMITTEE FOR SAVING JERUSALEM, AND WAS HELD IN THE HISTORIC ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE IN THE JORDANIAN CAPITAL.

AFTER THE RALLY IN THE THEATRE THERE WAS A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION THROUGH AMMAN.

AMONG THE ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE DEMONSTRATION AND RALLY WERE THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR PEACE, THE ARAB-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL UNITED LABOURER'S UNIONS AND THE RUSSELL MISSION FOR PEACE