{"id":381672,"date":"2017-12-10T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=381672"},"modified":"2017-12-10T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T10:01:58","slug":"trump-jerusalem-move-tear-gas-lebanon-us-embassy-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/trump-jerusalem-move-tear-gas-lebanon-us-embassy-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Jerusalem move: Tear gas at Lebanon US embassy protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">There have been violent clashes near the US embassy in Lebanon, in the latest protest against President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to force back flag-waving protesters close to the embassy complex north of the capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight the Arab League condemned the US decision.<\/p>\n<p>It said the US could not now be relied upon as a broker of Middle East peace.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters threw stones and set fires in the street close to the embassy in the Awkar district.<\/p>\n<p>The security forces had barricaded the main road leading to the large complex.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that some protesters had tried to break through the entrance to the compound, climbing barbed wire.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators, many wearing black and white scarves, chanted slogans denouncing Mr Trump.<\/p>\n<p>One group set an effigy of the US president alight.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon is home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees, including those who fled Israel after it was founded, and their descendants.<\/p>\n<p>In other developments:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Thousands of people demonstrated outside the US embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, some waving banners reading &#8220;Palestine is in our hearts&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">A burning object was thrown at a synagogue in the Swedish city of Gothenburg late on Saturday in what police said was a failed arson attempt. Jewish community leader Allan Stutzinsky said recent events had led to &#8220;higher threats&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Israel&#8217;s PM Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Paris on Sunday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, ahead of meetings with EU foreign ministers on Monday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There have been three days of protests by Palestinians and their supporters since Mr Trump&#8217;s announcement, both in the region and in nations further afield.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem &#8211; occupied by Israel in the 1967 war &#8211; as the capital of a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump has said his decision fulfils a campaign promise and that it is &#8220;nothing more or less than a recognition of reality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Arab League\u00a0resolution came overnight after hours of talks in Cairo. It was backed by a number of US allies, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, who had already voiced their concern.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution said:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The US had &#8220;withdrawn itself as a sponsor and broker&#8221; of any possible Israeli-Palestinian peace process through its decision<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Mr Trump&#8217;s move &#8220;deepens tension, ignites anger and threatens to plunge the region into more violence and chaos&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">A request would be made for the UN Security Council to condemn the move<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been violent clashes near the US embassy in Lebanon, in the latest protest against President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 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