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A protest at Qalandia checkpoint against the recognition
احتجاج عند حاجز قلنديا رفضًا للاعتراف
Exact day20 December 2017
Qalandia checkpoint
On 20 December 2017 protesters marched to Qalandia checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, against the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Ultra Palestine, which filmed the day, reported about a thousand protesters, and that the Israeli army used tear gas, sound grenades and live bullets to disperse them. Its video shows paramedics carrying the injured to ambulances.
Ultra Palestine reported that about a thousand protesters gathered at the military checkpoint of Qalandia, which separates Jerusalem from Ramallah, and that the Israeli army used tear gas, sound grenades and live bullets to disperse them. Its video shows a march with Palestinian flags and placards, tear gas across the road, and paramedics lifting the injured into ambulances.
Wikimedia Commons · section: The file’s description, from the original upload
Original-language quotation · ar
وتجمع نحو ألف متظاهر عند حاجز قلنديا العسكري الذي يفصل بين القدس ورام الله. واستخدم جيش الاحتلال الغاز المسيل للدموع وقنابل الصوت والرصاص الحيّ لتفريق المتظاهرين
A march with Palestinian flags and placards; tear gas across the road; paramedics lifting the injured into ambulances and treating one on the pavement.
OCHA reported that the wave of protests and clashes across the occupied Palestinian territory, which began on 6 December after the US recognition, continued between 19 December 2017 and 1 January 2018, though at a lower rate.
The wave of protests and clashes across the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), which started on 6 December following the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, continued during the reporting period, albeit at a lower rate.
The video Ultra Palestine filmed and published that day, with its Arabic description.
Published: 2017-12-20Consulted: 2026-09-28
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0: licensed by Ultra Palestine (الترا فلسطين) on YouTube, where the original upload of 20 December 2017 is marked “Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)”; the Wikimedia Commons file page records the same licence and the author.
Wikimedia Commons · Source published 2017-12-20 · supports · section: The file’s description, from the original upload: the protest “against the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem”
Evidence version: commons-qalandia-2017-12-20:v1
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