{"id":54190,"date":"2017-12-09T06:07:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54190"},"modified":"2017-12-09T06:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T06:07:45","slug":"two-dead-in-day-of-rage-over-jerusalem-palestinian-president-defiant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/two-dead-in-day-of-rage-over-jerusalem-palestinian-president-defiant.html","title":{"rendered":"Two dead in ‘Day of Rage’ over Jerusalem, Palestinian president defiant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two dead in ‘Day of Rage’ over Jerusalem, Palestinian president defiant<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and the Palestinian president said Washington could no longer be a peace broker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Across the Arab and Muslim worlds, thousands more protesters took to the streets on the Muslim holy day to express solidarity with the Palestinians and outrage at Trump\u2019s reversal of decades of U.S. policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man near the Gaza border, the first confirmed death in two days of unrest. Scores of people were wounded on the \u201cDay of Rage\u201d. A second person later died of their wounds, a Gaza hospital official said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli army said hundreds of Palestinians were rolling burning tyres and throwing rocks at soldiers across the border.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the riots IDF soldiers fired selectively towards two main instigators and hits were confirmed,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 80 Palestinians were wounded in the occupied West Bank and Gaza by Israeli live fire and rubber bullets, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service. Dozens more suffered from tear gas inhalation. Thirty-one were wounded on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Friday prayers ended at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, worshippers made their way toward the walled Old City gates, chanting \u201cJerusalem is ours, Jerusalem is our capital\u201d and \u201cWe don\u2019t need empty words, we need stones and Kalashnikovs\u201d. Scuffles broke out between protesters and police.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus, dozens of Palestinians threw stones at Israeli soldiers who fired back with tear gas.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Gaza, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, calls for worshippers to protest sounded over mosque loudspeakers. Hamas has called for a new Palestinian uprising like the \u201cintifadas\u201d of 1987-1993 and 2000-2005, which together saw thousands of Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever moves his embassy to occupied Jerusalem will become an enemy of the Palestinians and a target of Palestinian factions,\u201d said Hamas leader Fathy Hammad as protesters in Gaza burned posters of Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe declare an intifada until the liberation of Jerusalem and all of Palestine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Protests largely died down as night fell. Rocket sirens sounded in southern Israeli towns near the Gaza border, and the Israeli military said it had intercepted one of at least two projectiles fired from Gaza. No casualties were reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al Aqsa Martyrs\u2019 Brigade, a militant group linked to Abbas\u2019s Fatah party, claimed responsibility for firing one of the rockets, and said it was in protest against Trump\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

The military said another rocket hit the Israeli town of Sderot. No casualties were reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said that in response to the rocket fire, its aircraft bombed militant targets in Gaza and the Palestinian Health Ministry said at least 25 people were wounded in the strikes, including six children.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it had carried out the strikes on a militant training camp and on a weapons depot. Witnesses said most of the wounded were residents of a building near the camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the United Nations, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Washington still had credibility as a mediator.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States has credibility with both sides. Israel will never be, and should never be, bullied into an agreement by the United Nations, or by any collection of countries that have proven their disregard for Israel\u2019s security,\u201d Haley told the U.N. Security Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appeared defiant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dWe reject the American decision over Jerusalem. With this position the United States has become no longer qualified to sponsor the peace process,\u201d Abbas said in a statement. He did not elaborate further.<\/span><\/p>\n

France, Italy, Germany, Britain and Sweden called on the United States to \u201cbring forward detailed proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian settlement\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPROMISE FULFILLED\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s announcement on Wednesday has infuriated the Arab world and upset Western allies. The status of Jerusalem has been one of the biggest obstacles to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians for generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its capital. Palestinians want the eastern part of the city as the capital of a future independent state of their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most countries consider East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed after capturing it in the 1967 Middle East War, to be occupied territory. It includes the Old City, home to sites considered holy to Muslims, Jews and Christians alike.<\/span><\/p>\n

For decades, Washington, like most of the rest of the international community, held back from recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital, saying its status should be determined as part of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. No other country has an embassy there.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trump administration argues that the peace process has become moribund, and outdated policies need to be jettisoned for the sides in the conflict to make progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump has also noted that Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all promised as candidates to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital. \u201cI fulfilled my campaign promise – others didn\u2018t!\u201d Trump tweeted on Friday with a video montage of campaign speeches on the issue by his three predecessors.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday it would still be up to the Israelis and Palestinians to hammer out all other issues surrounding the city in future talks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith respect to the rest of Jerusalem, the president … did not indicate any final status for Jerusalem. He was very clear that the final status, including the borders, would be left to the two parties to negotiate and decide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, some Muslim countries view the Trump administration\u2019s motives with particular suspicion. As a candidate he proposed banning all Muslims from entering the United States, and in office he has tried to block entry by citizens of several Muslim-majority states.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-israel\/two-dead-in-day-of-rage-over-jerusalem-palestinian-president-defiant-idUSKBN1E211I<\/span><\/p>\n

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