Fresh protests against Israel are expected in the Palestinian territories, a day after Israeli troops killed 55 people in the Gaza Strip. The violence came as the US completed the move of its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, incensing Palestinians. Abbas called the new embassy "a US settlement in East Jerusalem". Israel has occupied East Jerusalem since the 1967 Middle East war. Since 1967, Israel has built a dozen settlements, home to about 200,000 Jews, in East Jerusalem.

Source: The Star May 15, 2018 06:22 UTC