On December 31, 2018, Al-Arabiya TV (Saudi Arabia) aired a report about a Jordanian minister who walked on the picture of an Israeli flag that is painted at the entrance to the trade union complex in Amman while on her way to a meeting. The minister in question in Jumana Ghunaimat, who is Jordan's Minster of State for Media Affairs and Communication, and the spokesperson for the Jordanian government. The report explained that Israel condemned the act and issued official complaints with the Jordanian government, and it said that reactions in Jordan have been supportive of the minister. Mazen Rashidat, who is the head of the Jordanian Bar Association and who was interviewed for the report, said that the flag will remain painted on the floor of the building's entrance as long as the Zionist occupation continues to exist. Khaled Balawi, a Jordanian citizen who was also interviewed, said: "We reject the existence of this plundering and occupying state, and the least we can do to express this is trample on this flag."
