INDONESIA HATES ISRAEL

Massive anti-Israel protests hits several Indonesian cities.
JAKARTA : Tens of thousands of Muslim Indonesians held a “peaceful” anti-Israel protest and rallied outside the US embassy in what police said appeared to be the largest demonstration the city has seen in years.

Local radio reported that thousands of others held similar marches in several other cities and towns across the archipelago to protest what they called Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people and alleged threats to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a site considered holy for Muslims as well as Jews.

The Indonesian demonstrations came one week after a leader of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas appealed to “the entire Muslim world” to protect al-Aqsa.


An Indonesian Muslim displays a placard during a peaceful anti-Israel protest in Jakarta. Tens of thousands of Muslim Indonesians held a peaceful anti-Israel protest and rallied outside the US embassy in what police said appeared to be the largest demonstration the city has seen in years(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)