D After the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the Hamas movement announced the beginning of the third intifada, Hamas spokesman Abdulativ Alkanu told the RIA Novosti news agency. "We announced the beginning of the third intifada so that the protests would continue and to press the US to cancel their decision," Alkanu said.. He stressed that Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel, but the capital of Palestine. Last week, US President Donald Trump announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and signed a document on the transfer to the city of the American Embassy. The decision caused massive protests of Palestinians, on December 8, the "Day of Anger", in riots over 250 people were injured. The first intifada is called the uprising against Israel, which went from 1987 to 1991. Then the Palestinians protested against the Israeli occupation of territories occupied during the Six Day War. As a result of the first intifada, the Palestinian Authority was created. After Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his supporters visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in 2000. second intifada begins. Israel considers Jerusalem, and not Tel Aviv as its capital, but the world community does not recognize this. The status of the "city of the three religions" is one of the main problems of the conflict in the Middle East.