New protests have flared in the Middle East and further afield over US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caused fresh outrage by saying the Palestinians needed to come to terms with Jerusalem’s long Jewish history.
Fresh protests have erupted in the Middle East following Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel
“I think the sooner the Palestinians come to grips with this reality, the sooner we’ll move towards peace,’ he said at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has repeatedly warned of the consequences of Trump’s move, lashed out Sunday by calling Israel a “terrorist state” that “kills children”.
Netanyahu hit back, calling Erdogan a leader who “bombs Kurdish villagers” and “helps terrorists”.
Trump’s announcement on Wednesday sparked days of protests and clashes in the Palestinian territories.
Benjamin Netanyahu caused fresh outrage by saying the Palestinians needed to come to terms with the decision
Tens of thousands of people have protested in Muslim and Arab countries including Jordan, pictured
Israeli forces fire gas canisters at Palestinian protesters during a protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem
Four Palestinians were killed either in clashes or by Israeli air strikes in retaliation for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
On Sunday, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli security guard at Jerusalem’s central bus station, seriously wounding him. The assailant was arrested.
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Tens of thousands of people have protested in Muslim and Arab countries, including Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia.
On Sunday, further protests were held in countries including Lebanon, Indonesia, Egypt and Morocco as well as in the Palestinian territories.
Tens of thousands also rallied in Morocco’s capital Rabat while in Jakarta, some 5,000 Indonesians protested in solidarity with the Palestinians, gathering outside the US embassy in the world’s most-populous Muslim country.
Trump’s announcement on Wednesday sparked days of protests and clashes in the Palestinian territories
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out Sunday by calling Israel a “terrorist state” that “kills children”
Students and professors in Cairo demonstrated at the prestigious Al-Azhar University, a spokesman said, and dozens of students protested at two other Cairo universities.
Palestinian protests on Sunday were smaller than in previous days.
Protests and clashes erupted in Al-Arroub refugee camp in the south of the occupied West Bank, leaving one Palestinian wounded by rubber bullets, the Palestinian health ministry said.
SOURCE :thesun.co.uk
