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Protesters rally against Trump's Israel decision at US embassy

Jakarta Post - December 8, 2017

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Jakarta – Hundreds of people staged a rally on Friday in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta to protest US President Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

"We condemn the statement because Jerusalem is not the Israeli capital, [Jerusalem] is the capital of Palestine," one of the protesters said aloud. The rally lasted for two hours in the afternoon, involving at least 200 protesters.

National Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Martinus Sitompul said that to anticipate any turmoil, Jakarta Police had deployed hundreds of its personnel to guard the rally. He added that the police had also cooperated with the person in charge of the rally to make sure that the protest remained peaceful.

"What we do is to communicate between the police and the protesters so that we know what they want," Martinus said as quoted by kompas.com.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had previously said Indonesia denounced the US' unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, as the unilateral decision violated Security Council resolutions concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (vny)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/12/08/protesters-rally-against-trumps-israel-decision-at-us-embassy.html.