Indonesian Citizens in Amman Urged to Avoid Visiting Palestine
9 December 2017 16:32 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) to Amman, Jordan, urged Indonesian citizens planning on going to Palestine to postpone their plans until the situation returns to normal.
This is under the consideration that Palestine is not conducive due to the change of Israel’s capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Read: 5 Reasons Why Jerusalem is Not the Capital of Israel
It gets worse as the President of the United States Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and he plans to relocate US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Along the cities of western Palestine, including Hebron and Al-Bireh, thousands of protesters echoed "Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine". Some Palestinians even threw rocks at Israeli soldiers.
At least 31 people were injured due to the gunfire released by the Israeli during the rally on Thursday, Dec. 7, held by Palestinians residing in the western area and the Gaza Strip occupied by Israel.
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