Palestinians protest Trump move

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• MORE PROTESTS FEARED Palestinians protest Trump move the Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Josef Federman The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Thousands of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces in east Je- rusalem and the West Bank, demonstrators in the Gaza Strip burned U.S. flags and pictures of President Donald Trump, and a top Palestinian official said Vice President Mike Pence would not be welcome in the West Bank, in a show of rage Thursday over the American decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Israeli forces were bracing for the possibility of even stronger violence on Friday, when tens of thousands of Palestinians attend weekly prayers at Jerusalem's Al Agsa Mosque, the city's most sacred Islamic site. In Gaza, the supreme leader of the Hamas militant group called on Pales- tinians to launch a new uprising against Israel.

The Palestinians were blind- and have often spilled over into deadly violence. The Palestinians declared three "days of rage," shuttering schools and businesses, and staging an- gry demonstrations at Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to Jeru- salem's Old City, and cities across the West Bank and Gaza. "We are here.

We believe in our rights and one day it (will) become Jerusalem, the capital for the Palestinian people," declared Rania Hatem, a protester outside the Old City. The Associated Press Palestinians burn posters of Israeli Prime Minis- ter Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S.

President Donald Trump, during a protest in Gaza City on Thursday. sided by Trump's move to depart salem, captured by Israel in 1967, from decades of U.S. policy on as their capital.

Israel claims the Jerusalem and upend longstand- entire city, including east Jeru- ing international assurances that salem, home to sensitive Jewish, the fate of the city would be de- Muslim and Christian holy sites, termined in negotiations. The Palestinians seek east Jeru- as its undivided capital.

The op- posing claims lie at the heart of The Israeli military reported demonstrations in some 30 loca- tions across the West Bank on Thursday, saying Palestinians had hurled stones and firebombs at troops.

A military official, speak- ing on condition of anonymity under briefing guidelines, said troops were instructed to use minimal force and avoid live fire to avoid escalating tensions.

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"Palestinians protest Trump move," The Daily Item, 8 December 2017. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2017-016. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2017-016