More demonstrations sparked on Sunday across Cairo, Alexandria and other cities protesting against Trump’s decision to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem the capital of Israel. In Cairo, hundreds of students at Ain Shams University protested the decision raising signs and chanting slogans against the US and Israel. More students demonstrated inUniversity of Zagazig denouncing the decision. In Alexandria, dozens of protesters gathered at Al-Qaed Ibrahim mosque where they chanted against the decision in support of the rights of the Palestinians. However, Egypt’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) rejected a formal notification on Saturday that outlined a planned demonstration against Trump’s decision, reported MadaMasr. “The notification, submitted by Egyptian politicians to the Qasr al-Nil Police Station on Thursday, announced that a protest would take place outside the Arab League’s Cairo headquarters in downtown Cairo on Sunday, between 1 and 7 pm,” according to MadaMasr. On Friday, a demonstration took to the streets after Friday prayers at al-Azhar mosque where hundreds chanted against Israel and the United States (US) saying “Jerusalem is Arab” and “Down with Israel, down with the US”. In another demonstration held on the steps of the Journalists’ Syndicate, protestors chanted slogans against the Israeli occupation and…
Egypt Protests Over Trump’s Decision to Move the American Embassy to Jerusalem
December 10, 2017
