Lebanese security forces clashed Sunday with demonstrators near the U.S. Embassy in Beirut as hundreds protested President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. In Jerusalem itself, violence has been limited to small confrontations between protesters and Israeli security forces. Hezbollah — the Lebanese militia movement founded in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon — has condemned Trump’s decision, although its first mass rally will not take place until Tuesday. Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the United States rescind Trump’s decision, calling it a violation of international law and a “grave” development that puts Washington on the same side as the “occupation.” But a resolution they put forward was short on concrete actions while condemning Trump’s decision. After more than a decade in power, however, he has nothing to show for such a strategy, with the Jerusalem decision another blow.

Source: Washington Post December 10, 2017 12:43 UTC