Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 7
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Hundreds of people protest in front of the US Consulate General in Turkey in connection with the decision of Donald Trump on Jerusalem, Hurriyet newspaper reported.
Protesters are chanting anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans, and also express support for Palestine.
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the US will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that he will move the American embassy there once a location is secured.
“I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” he said from the White House.
Israel proclaimed Jerusalem its capital after the end of the War of Independence in 1949. In 1967, after the Six Day War, it seized East Jerusalem and united it with the West Jerusalem, but the UN did not recognize this. Embassies of countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel are located mainly in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Ramat Gan.