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February 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The rare strike joined by some 90,000 teachers has been in place in the past two weeks, leaving 1.2 million students without education.
The protesters blame the government for failing to deal with the demands of striking teachers in a proper manner, condemning the government’s threat to replace those on the walkout.
Jordanian teachers are asking for a 100 percent increase in their annual bonus. But the education ministry earlier said they would pay the teachers 10 percent more, meaning an 80 percent increase in their annual bonus.
The massive, prolonged strike comes amid growing inflation and rising energy bills while the government budget for 2012 is expected to suffer a deficit of nearly USD 1.5 billion.
The kingdom has been experiencing street protests since January. Jordanian protesters are demanding political reform, including the election of the prime minister by popular vote, and an end to corruption. There have been no calls for King Abdullah II to be removed.
Since the beginning of protest rallies, the king has sacked two prime ministers in a bid to avoid more protests.
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