{"id":2129,"date":"2017-12-09T03:46:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T04:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/protesters-in-nyc-slam-trumps-decision-on-jerusalem-al-quds\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T03:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T04:46:58","slug":"protesters-in-nyc-slam-trumps-decision-on-jerusalem-al-quds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/protesters-in-nyc-slam-trumps-decision-on-jerusalem-al-quds\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters in NYC slam Trump's decision on Jerusalem al-Quds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of people have held a demonstration in New York to condemn US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of Israel.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe protesters descended on Times Square on Friday night while chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe demonstrators, who filled the sidewalks of Seventh Avenue, between 41st and 42nd streets, waved Palestinian flags or held up signs proclaiming, \u2018Free free Palestine\u2019 and \u2018End the Occupation.\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a speech at the White House on Wednesday, Trump officially declared Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital, saying his administration would also begin a process of moving the American embassy in Tel Aviv to the holy city, which is expected to take years.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump also said that Vice President Mike Pence will travel to the Middle East in the coming days \u201cto reaffirm our commitment to work with partners throughout the Middle East to defeat radicalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Trump declaration was a major shift by Washington that overturns decades of US foreign policy. Trump’s decision was mostly aimed at pleasing his main supporters \u2014 Republican conservatives and evangelical Christian Zionists who comprise an important share of his voter base.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the announcement, massive protests against the United States broke out across the Muslim world, and even in many Western cities.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\u201cThe whole world knows that Jerusalem [al-Quds] is divided. Some part is for Israelis and the other part is Palestinian. So I can\u2019t all of the sudden come and say, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m going to give New York to so and so,\u201d Amal Al-Shrouf, a protester at Time Square, said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re seeing unrest not only in the US but all over the world,\u201d said Omar Awad, president of the Islamic Center of Passaic County.<\/p>\n

\n\tSayel Kayed, who heads the New Jersey chapter of American Muslims for Palestine, described Trump’s decision as a \u2018slap in the face\u2019 for Muslims who face discrimination in Jerusalem al-Quds.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is a move to ethnically cleanse the Palestine area even more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than 100 Jewish studies scholars have condemned President Donald Trump\u2019s announcement of the US recognizing Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

\n\tEast Jerusalem al-Quds was occupied in 1967 and Israel later annexed it despite international condemnations. The occupied city’s final status is one of the thorniest issues in the stalemated talks between the Palestinian Authority and Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n

\n\tClaiming all of al-Quds as its \u2018eternal and indivisible\u2019 capital, Israel annexed the eastern part, where a number of sites sacred to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, are located, following the 1967 Six-Day War.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe annexation is in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 and has never been recognized by the international community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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