KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth members have delivered a memorandum to the US Embassy in Jalan Tun Razak her as a sign of protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Represented by its chief, Khairy Jamaluddin, the youth wing labelled the decision as irresponsible and irrational.
In its memorandum, Umno Youth also said that the decision displayed utter disrespect towards the ongoing peace process in the middle East and an outright ignorance of the Palestinian plight.
"We demand that the US retract this decision immediately," stated the memorandum, which also called for the United States to respect the United Nation's Security Council Resolution 478, that condemned Israel's illegal occupation of Jerusalem.
It further said that the decision aggravates unfair treatment of Palestinians in Jerusalem, intensifies radicalisation of extremists and create further instability in the Middle East.
Droves of protestors marched from the Tabung Haji mosque to the embassy, which is about a kilometre away, to deliver the memorandum after Friday prayers at 1.30pm.
Police were also present to control the crowd.
Protestors from the PAS Youth Wing as well as Malay Nationalist NGO Perkasa were also seen at the hour-long protest.
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