Jakarta – Hundreds of Muslims burned Israeli and US flags in a spate of pro-Palestinian protests in six Indonesian cities including the capital yesterday, witnesses and the state Antara news agency said.

In Jakarta, some 200 Muslim students staged running protests outside the US embassy and at the United Nations headquarters here, burning flags at both places. They urged Indonesian Muslims to boycott all things American – including Coca Cola, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ford cars, Levi's jeans and Marlboro cigarettes.

In Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, 300 demonstrators carried posters denouncing what they called 'American double standards' and Israeli 'brutality' against Palestinians, Antara said.