Pro-Palestinian rally in Jakarta
Photo: EPA
Indonesians protest US recognition of Jerusalem as capital
Some 5,000 Indonesians gather in capital of Jakarta to protest President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and US Embassy move there; protesters waved Palestinian flags along Indonesian ones, then performed Friday prayers.
Thousands of Indonesian Muslims staged a rally Friday protesting President Donald Trump's recognition
of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
On Monday, the US plans to move
its embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, five months after Trump recognized it as Israel's capital. Palestinians also claim it as their capital.
About 5,000 people flocked to Jakarta's landmark National Monument and unfurled Indonesian and Palestinian flags.
Thousands protested President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital (Photo: EPA)
The protest was organized by a new umbrella group that includes the most influential government-sanctioned Indonesian Ulema Council and some hard-line activists as well. The protesters performed Friday prayers at the monument before dispersing.
Palestinian flag waved alongside Indonesian national banner in Jakarta (Photo: EPA)
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has strongly condemned Trump's move, which he described as a violation of UN resolutions.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, does not have diplomatic ties with Israel.
