East Jerusalem

Village guards in the southern province of Antalya have staged an unusual protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital: Biting turnips.

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital was a "threat to peace" as he hosted the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his first foreign trip since Donald Trump provoked widespread condemnation with the decision, Guardian writes.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec. 10 said the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a “threat to peace”.  

An emergency summit of Muslim-majority countries to be convened in Istanbul this week should declare Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine, a senior Palestinian official has said.

Is there a new conflict in the Middle East? This is a question that has been increasingly common in the world over the past few days. And every day more people are worried, given the events in Israel. After US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the country, the Middle East again is a hot spot for debate.

Turkish footballers and fans have voiced support for Palestine after U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Turkey on Dec. 9 condemned Israel’s “use of disproportionate force” on Palestinians protesting the U.S. president’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the decision of the US to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital contradicts common sense.

"This announcement runs counter to common sense," Reuters quoted Lavrov as telling reporters in Vienna, where he was attending the OSCE Ministerial Council

The Arab League, from Egypt's capital Cairo, condemned late on Dec. 9, U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.  

Numbers of Palestinians were detained by Israeli security forces as clashes were continuing with the prosteters in eastern Jerusalem on Dec. 9.