JERUSALEM - The ceremony to inaugurate the United States' controversial embassy in Jerusalem began on Monday after deadly clashes along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel earlier in the day. US President's daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner arrive for the controversial inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018The ceremony moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem began with the US national anthem. Friedman referred to the embassy's location as "Jerusalem, Israel" drawing wild applause. Earlier in the day, violent clashes erupted along the Gaza Strip's border, leaving 37 Palestinians dead from Israeli fire and hundreds wounded in the conflict's bloodiest day in years. Israel considers the entire city its capital, while the Palestinians see east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state.

Source: Bangkok Post May 14, 2018 13:41 UTC