Palestinian developments: clashes, protests across the world

CAIRO – 10 December 2017: Clashes have erupted again in Bethlehem between Palestinians and Israeli police over the U.S. administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the relocation of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Israeli police forces have brutally faced the Palestinian protesters across the occupied land. Dozens of protesters have taken to streets in the West Bank on Sunday to protest against American President Donald Trump's Wednesday announcement regarding Jerusalem.

Arab nations have rejected the American decision on Jerusalem. Many protests have taken place in Arab and western capitals such as Moscow, Paris, Amman, Cairo and Beirut.

A number of Palestinians have sit-in before the Palestinian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, in protest against the American announcement over Jerusalem.


Protesters are sprayed with water near the U.S. embassy in Awkar east of Beirut, Lebanon December 10,2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese protesters have engaged in violent clashes with the Lebanese security forces near the American Embassy in Beirut where they protested against Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Protesters, some of them waving the Palestinian flag, set fire in the street and threw projectiles towards the security forces who had barricaded the main road leading to the U.S. Embassy in the Awkar area north of Beirut, Reuters reported on Sunday.


Indonesian protesters shout slogans during a protest in front of the US consulate general in Surabaya, East Java province on December 8, 2017, against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. / AFP / JUNI KRISWANTO

Thousands protested outside the U.S. Embassy in the Indonesian capital on Sunday against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, many waving banners saying "Palestine is in our hearts."