Palestinian protesters battled Israeli soldiers on Thursday in Jerusalem, Ramallah and other places in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, one day after President Trump announced that his administration would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. On the edge of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, Israeli forces fired dozens of rounds of tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of Palestinian protesters gathering to air their anger over Trump’s statement. Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers, Dec. 7, the day after President Trump announced the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he would move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his declaration that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital reversed a decades-old U.S. policy. “Those opposed to the American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital are wrong.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2017 10:57 UTC