Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision to shift recognition of the Israeli capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets after Donald Trump announced he was recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Mr Trump’s decision outraged Palestinian leaders who said it disqualified the US as a peace broker, but was hailed by Israel as historic.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Trump’s recognition as “historic” and a “courageous and just decision”.
Mr Netanyahu also pledged no change to the status quo at Jerusalem’s highly sensitive holy sites in the city, sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Later he said ‘many’ countries would follow the United States in recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and that such contacts were already under way.
Speaking at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Netanyahu did not name any of these countries. He said some might relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem before the US move, which the Trump administration expects to take several years.
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