During a rally in support of the Palestinian people in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, demonstrators burned portraits of US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was reported by an Indonesian magazine. Tempo.
“Here in Indonesia we stand with a country that should be independent,” one protester said.
The publication states that hundreds of Indonesians participated in the action, where Israeli flags as well as photographs of Netanyahu and Biden were burned. Activists chanted slogans such as “Free Palestine” and “Palestine will be free from river to sea.”
Protesters wanted to throw paint on McDonald’s, which donated thousands of free meals to Israeli soldiers. However, law enforcement officers managed to stop the protesters.
October 20 Biden met with Netanyahu approved Israel’s right to defense. The two leaders also discussed plans to deliver humanitarian aid from Egypt to the Gaza Strip and work to release hostages held by the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Previously Prime Minister Netanyahu named Israel’s goals in the war against Hamas.