A group of Palestinian protesters set fire to placards bearing images of Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday outside Jesus’s traditional birthplace, days before his arrival in the region. “Bethlehem welcomes the messengers of peace, not the messengers of war,” read some placards with pictures of Pence and Middle East negotiator Jason Greenblatt as they went up in flames. Militants increasingly have fired rockets at Israel since Trump’s announcement and two were reportedly launched on Sunday. In other Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Tunisia, people have taken to the streets to voice their frustration with Trump’s decision. Israel, however, welcomed Trump’s announcement as recognizing political reality and biblical Jewish roots in Jerusalem.

Source: Fox News December 17, 2017 21:33 UTC