Than seven hundred injured in violent clashes with Israeli Forces across the occupied territories the protest as were rallying against the u. S. President s recognition and jerusalem as israels capital and when the say sorry force imports from occupied East Jerusalem. Two days after Donald Trumps announcement the first fatality of the protests it sparked came in gaza israeli troops firing across the border fence with live ammunition. Earlier thousands marched through Gazas Jabaliya refugee camp house leaders are calling for a new palestinian uprising. These marches will not stop until the liberation of jerusalem god willing they want only being severed also in the west bank and in the territories of one thousand nine hundred forty eight. In ramallah in the occupied west bank stone throwing protesters sheltered behind tire smoke and improvised barricades the Israeli Military had mobilized thousands of extra troops in anticipation. There was similar scenes in bethlehem just days ago the
Decision to return to recognize jerusalem as israels capital palestinian leaders are meeting in ramallah and the arab league is due to convene shortly to discuss the u. S. President s move and theyve been confrontations between Israeli Forces and Palestinian Protesters in occupied East Jerusalem is take you that live now aljazeera alan fischer can tell us whats going on right now i understand more or less in the middle of something thats happening there. Theres certainly been a standoff between the police and protesters it started off as a very peaceful protest the police then decided that they didnt have apparently werent going to go much farther and started to push people back from that the afternoon has unfolded with the police sending in their horses into crowds of people standing by the side of the road theres been a few stones through and i know weve seen people come out with palestinian flags which has then made the police and you can see you know the police are going to come ov
A fourth day or protests against the u. S. Decision to declare a truce on the capital of israel many of them in occupied East Jerusalem where forces fired stun grenades and tear gas as they charge through a crowd of peaceful demonstrators alan fischer was there. Was it is it was it started as a small protest handful of people but as they walked towards all jerusalem dome one of the citys busy shopping streets there was blogged by police and soldiers told they had no permit to march that they were blocking the road they were forcibly pushed back to it was in a city where anger has been close to the surface since Donald Trumps controversial decision it sparked a series of running confrontations was the police sent in horses to break up the crowds creating widespread anger and panic this has been a pattern throughout the afternoon as crowds gather by the side of the street the horses have been sent ten at some pace to try and break those crowds up the writers have even been using their we
In lebanon of a donald trump decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital Security Forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds outside the u. S. Embassy in Beirut Lebanon seventy almost four hundred fifty thousand palestinian refugees. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says palestinians ought to get to grips with the reality that jerusalem is israels capital in order for all to move towards peace the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace and this is why i think President Trumps announcement was so historic and so important for peace on the quest for peace there is a serious effort underway now by the United States and all i can say as i said related to president and mccall i think if youll pardon the expression you should give peace a chance. Venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro has banned the countrys main opposition parties and taking part in next years president ial election comes after three of th
At the world cup . Theyre 1 0 down to switzerland, after the first leg of their play off in belfast. The pay gap between men and women is getting smaller, but could take 100 years to close completely. But why, and whats been done to tackle it . Ill be finding out. And, blasting his way into the history books. After 7 00 well be joined on the sofa by this record breaking rocket man. And nick has the weather. Good morning. A cloudy start for many of us today but there will be sunny spells on the way. Some showers around, the heaviest in northern scotland. A few showers this weekend, some sunshine for nearly all of us by sunday. Be aware this weekend, it is turning colder. I have all the weekend weather coming up in the next half hour. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has warned pro european conservatives that she will not tolerate any attempts to block the Brexit Process. In a sign of her intent, shes outlined plans to enshrine in law the exact moment that britain will le