Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 14 May 2018, 07:30 am Print
Jerusalem: While Israel is in a jolly mood ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in its capital city Jerusalem, thousands of Palestinians have gathered to protest the move, along the Gaza Strip.
Since US President Donald Trump's nod to approve Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, against the wishes of majority of other countries and the United Nations, at least 40 Palestinians have been gunned down by Israeli forces during protests at the border.
Trump decision has also brought in contrasting views from Israel and Palestine.
While Israel's Prime Minister has thanked Trump for keeping the latter's word and moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has remarked the move as the slap of the century.
To further foster the US-Israel bond, senior White House advisers Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump's daughter, and her husband Jared Kushner, have arrived in Jerusalem and will attend the opening of the new facility. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan will also attend the event.
According to reports, a new interim embassy will be functional from Monday, inside the existing US consulate building in Jerusalem.
Later, a new and bigger space will be scouted and the embassy will be moved there.
Image: twitter.com/usembassyjlm
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