Thousands of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have held another Friday of Rage protest to denounce US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital.
In Gaza, demonstrators chanted “Death to America, death to Israel, and death to Trump”.
Trump outraged Palestinians and sparked anger in the Middle East and among world powers with his Jerusalem declaration on Dec. 6, which reversed decades of U.S. policy on one of the most sensitive issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Most countries in the world regard the status of Jerusalem as a matter to be settled in an eventual Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, although that process is now stalled.
A U.N. General Assembly resolution passed on Dec. 21 rejected Trump’s Jerusalem declaration. A total of 128 countries voted for the U.N. resolution. Nine opposed it and 35 abstained.
