Protesters from Jerusalem to Beirut burned Israeli flag and an effigy of trump

Protesters from Jerusalem to Beirut burned Israeli flag and an effigy of trump

Do not cease protests, associated with the recognition of President Donald trump Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Today, 10 December, 24-year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli security guard at the metal detectors at the bus station in Jerusalem.

Protesters from Jerusalem to Beirut burned Israeli flag and an effigy of trump

According to Reuters, the attacker was detained, but the guard is in critical condition.

At the same time in Beirut , the Lebanese security forces used tear gas and water cannons, calming the protesters near the Embassy of the United States. Demonstrators flooded the streets, burned tires, threw stones at police barricades and burned an Israeli flag and an effigy of Donald trump.

We would add that the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his statement today called Israel a «state-aggressor» and «terrorist state».

The conflict over East Jerusalem, according to many of the countries should be resolved in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. While Israel considers all of Jerusalem should be its capital, the Palestinians want East Jerusalem was the capital of a future independent state.

The foreign Ministers of the Arab countries, who on Saturday met in Cairourged the United States to abandon its decision on Jerusalem and stated that this step will lead to violence in the region.

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