The Jerusalem decision by US President Donald Trump has triggered worldwide reactions. There have been protests in many Muslim but also European countries. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called Israel a "terrorist state" that kills children. Palestine, on or hand, is an innocent victim.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clearly rejected statement Erdoğan's. He is not accustomed to "giving lectures on morality from a leader bombarding Kurdish villages in his homeland, blocking journalists, helping Iran circumvent international sanctions, and helping terrorists, including in Gaza Strip, To kill innocent people, "said Netanyahu at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
Macron, on or hand, called on Netanyahu to "courageous gestures" to Palestinians. For him, this was a temporary stop for Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories. In addition, French President pointed out a two-state solution as only way to resolve Middle East conflict.
Since Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel, demonstrations against Israel and US are taking place in Turkey. Lebanon's capital, Beirut, has also had clashes of Lebanese and Palestinian demonstrators with security forces. Flags of United States and Israel were burned near U.S. Embassy. The police went against demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons.
Also in Indonesian capital Jakarta, about 10,000 people have protested before US embassy. They wore banners with inscriptions like "liberated Jerusalem and Palestinians". Indonesian President Joko Widodo had condemned Trump's decision last week as a violation of UN resolutions. Indonesia, like many or Muslim countries, has no diplomatic relations with Israel.
Fire stop in GonburgAccording to media reports, masked have thrown a burning object into a synagogue in Swedish city of Gonburg. It did not begin to burn, however, and none of 20 present were injured. The police now recorded three suspects. There were also protests in Germany. In Berlin, demonstrators burned in front of Brandenburg Gate Israeli flags, ten people were arrested.
In Jerusalem, a Palestinian has stabbed an Israeli security guard. The 24-year-old from West Bank attacked his victim at city's central bus station and severely injured it, police chief Mickey Rosenfeld told on Sunday. He was talking about a "terrorist attack." The attacker could be arrested.
The Palestinian party Fatah called for furr protests. The Palestinians should maintain "confrontation and extend it to all points in which Israeli army is present," said call. In Cairo, Arab League also called on President Trump to revise his decision to relocate US Botschaftnach Jerusalem. Trump's decision has keinerechtliche meaning, but it stirs up violence in region. The VomLibanon required sanctions against United States were not decided.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called for a boycott of Arab businesses in places where residents have demonstrated against Trump's Jerusalem decision. The Arabs of Wadi Ara in norrn Israel are "not part of us", Jewish Israelis should no longer visit ir villages and no longer buy ir products, Lieberman told Israeli Army Radio.
JERUSALEM-Decision-protests of Palestinians leave initially in Palestinian territories, protests against Jerusalem decision of Donald Trump are temporarily died. At same time, military confrontations between Hamas and Israeli military continued. © Photo: Ammar AWAD/Reuters Date Of Update: 11 December 2017, 12:02
