LEBANESE police attacked demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon yesterday as they rallied outside the country’s US embassy.

Huge protests have erupted across the Muslim world following President Donald Trump’s December 6 declaration that Washington would now recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel — despite the eastern part of the city being illegally occupied Palestinian territory.

Lebanon is home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees, many of whom joined the protests. Lebanon Communist Party leader Hanna Gharib said the decision proved the US was “the enemy of Palestine.”