very separate there's like a fine line between east jerusalem and western where people from the east jerusalem don't go to westerners a lot of people from war certainly don't feel. mohammed lives in the sure fact refugee camp in east in jerusalem which is behind the security will. traces of a demonstration against israeli soldiers the day before can still be seen. israel controls the entrance and exit to the camp while the rest of it is mainly under united nations administration. crucially. her body is for children in stubble you have kids children singing about killing people. about. committing suicide for. for your homeland. i don't see the point i understood that i want to live for my home to build the not to die for it's a long process it doesn't change does not happen to me. you don't have to ask anyone here about the usa most palestinians have lost faith in america as a mediator in the middle east conflict especially in the wake of tribes decision. but mama grubby assertion of one thing he is sick and tired of all the violence too much for him. in ten days. three kids from the r

all right our correspondents maya schwager they're out side of the new embassy tanya kramer in east jerusalem and of course she resigned as our middle east analyst with us here in studio thank you all very much for your insights. thank you for watching debbie we'll have much more for you at the top of the hour. on. the. extra long. extra wide. extravagant to attract buyers here you've got to go the extra mile auto china twenty eighteen at what may be the world's most important motor show automakers are pulling out all the stops. china is definitely in the race when it comes to cars. driving. on g.w. . bush doesn't germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something him to resign we must overcome it india. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines. birth. home to those of species. a home worth saving and. those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. like deals that protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation

the bus terminal in east jerusalem serves the city's arab neighborhoods. he won't see jewish israelis here at all. one of the passengers is mohammed macgraw be a musician. does he believe in the peaceful coexistence that's well described. i like jerusalem when i hate it at the same time there's it's like on paper it's very diverse and high culture. yeah all kinds of religious groups and to do you have people tourists from all over the world all the time but the reality is. very separate there's like a fine line between east jerusalem and western city where people from the east jerusalem don't go to west jerusalem the people from worcester some don't call. mohammed lives in the shoe effect refugee camp in eastern jerusalem which is behind the security will. traces of a demonstration against israeli soldiers the day before can still be seen. israel controls the entrance and exit to the camp while the rest of it is mainly under united nations administration. crucially. berber place for children stubble you have kids children singing about killing people. abou

what you must read in this is that east jerusalem cannot be the capital of the palestinian state.he fact of the matter is they have to ask themselves questions as to the commitment of the u.s. and the two state solution. a lot of people do not want the one state solution but believe that is what is happening right now. >> thank you very much for that. we can finally cross to jerusalem to speak to francois. us, protesters are being killed by israeli fire on the border with gaza. is this casting a shadow on processions over there? what is the mood like? >> it is a tale of two cities in jerusalem. on the one hand, you have what you does -- what you just described. checkpoints have been closed. there arare clashes reported in several west bank c cities. inside of west jerusalem, it is more of a celebratory moodod. there hahave been receptions. there are dignitaries from ththe u.s. prominent u.s. senators ted cruz and lindsey graham. that handoverfor ceremony t that is going to be taking place at the southern edge between west and east jerusalem at 4:00 p.m. local time. have askedhorit

it sits firmly in west jerusalem but an expansion will require some building in no-man's land which is a sort of buffer zone between eastnd west jerusalem. it holds very little practical significance in terms of modern day jerusalem, and yet that zone contains incredible political importance. the mayor of jerusalem celebrated the official opening by posting the new road signs. >> it sends a very, very clear message to the jerusalemites and others the intention and the back and the support israel has in the sovereignty of the city of jerusalem. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu said more countries were looking at moving their embassies to jerusalem as well. so far only guatemala and power g paraguay have committed to taking that step. netanyahu has tried to build a momentum moving its embassy to jerusalem trying to get other countries as well. guatemala will do so in a couple days, paraguay later this month. it's worth noting those are two countries with very large evangelical christian populations. so you get some idea perhaps why they decided to go that route. >> joining us is david horowitz, the founding

analyst with us here in our studio and our correspondents on the ground tanya kramer's an east jerusalem and a standing by for us right outside the new embassy is my office waiter good to see all of you to have you all with us my hour we're going to start with you what message to the u.s. and israel want to send with us embassy inauguration. well very frankly from the american side it's simply a matter of saying we stand with israel and from president trump side it's saying trump keeps his promises this has been a campaign promise of him has been a promise of several u.s. presidents before him and now it's finally happened and there is a small crowd of trump supporters who are here are all very very happy with the move tanya let's come to you now because you're in the palestinian part of the city in east jerusalem where they want to have their capital city what has been happening there today what have people been telling you. well i think you are saying you know that they hope for having. capital in the future and depend on palestinian state is really fading away politically they see isr

it sits firmly in west jerusalem but an expansion to the building to make it the embassy will require some building in no-man's land which is sort of a buffer zone between eastnd west jerusalem. it holds very little practical significance in terms of modern day jerusalem, and yet that zone contains incredible political importance. the mayor of jerusalem celebrated the official opening by posting the new road signs. >> it sends a very, very clear message to the jerusalemites and others the intention and the back and the support israel has in the sovereignty of the city of jerusalem. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu said more countries were looking at moving their embassies to jerusalem as well. so far only guatemala and power paraguay have committed to taking that step. >>> john bolton, the new u.s. national security adviser echoing many in the trump administration when he says recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital makes peace easier. not as far as the palestinians are concerned. what are we hearing from them? >> not at all that is also a line we've heard from benjamin netanyahu himself, but it's a recognition of reality. when trump said tha

we shouldn't recognize the settlement of israel now territories including east jerusalem. and undertake measures in order to ensure there is accountability and justice. further when you to act urgently in order to save the lives of innocent civilians and prevent the deterioration of the situation and save any possibility however minimal to to have just peace and that's why international protection needs to be extended to the palestinian people in line with international humanitarian law seventy years after and not by the catastrophe in justice and in a shock the palestinian people continue to believe together with others in the world together with all of you that the international law is the way to justice given this is the surest way towards peace. states should translate to their words into action it's time for immediate action serious actions to make sure the primacy of international law and to resume efforts to end to put an end to israeli occupation have just and lasting peace to make sure that palestinian people can live in dignity and in peace they can have their in

fact jerusalem day marks the time after the nine hundred sixty seven war when israel annexed east jerusalem which is what the palestinians claim as their capital now most country is keep their embassies in tel aviv in order to avoid any sort of controversy or clash with the palestinians in order to in part facilitate the peace process but the u.s. is now moving their embassy to jerusalem which is actually a promise that the u.s. has been making sense really president clinton in the one nine hundred ninety s. president clinton president george w. bush both promised they would move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and then backed away from that promise when they were informed that it would inflame tensions and probably scuttle the peace process but now we see that president trump is keeping this promise and is likely to further hinder the peace process. reporting for us from jerusalem thank you. well ahead of the opening of the u.s. embassy on monday our reporter tanya kramer asked jerusalem residents how they feel about their new neighbors. the street signs for the new u.s. embassy have already

their roots in western jerusalem, but the palestinians could potentially have their roots in east jerusalem, the israelis in western jerusalem. >> that's exactly the way it should go. perhaps there's still time when and if the trump administration is put on the table. they should make that. the u.s. preparing to put its embassy in east jerusalem. that would certain go a long way. other witnesses to be resolved, no trust or confidence tweernl net. >> the trump administration hasn't necessarily ruled that out, have they? >> they haven't. >> they are still open to that possibility. israelis may not like it but the trump administration still seems to leave that door slightly open. >> right, and if the logic of one of my former bosses, jim baker, he might say, sure. let's apply as much money as we can to the israelis during this phase of the negotiation so that when you have to apply the vinegar, which are the difficult choices israel has to make, no israeli prime minister will be able to say no to donald trump because the u.s. has its back. but i'm not entirely sure that's the strategy. >> one

jewish people for millenia for the young so there were un resolutions there that settlements in east jerusalem are a flagrant violation of international law united nations resolution says that obviously you know i don't i don't believe. israel that any part of jerusalem is not part of israel let me tell you something i was in israel three weeks ago i spent a day in the west bank i spent a day with an easter is that with many easter as the nights and they said to me very very clearly they would rather remain under israeli sovereignty and become citizens of israel and live under palestinian authority rule and it's interesting because in one thousand sixty seven when israel recaptured or took control of east jerusalem out of the holy sites it offered every palestinian or every arab resident at the time to be system citizenship now they collectively said no but at the end of the day those citizens those residents of east jerusalem benefit from all the benefits that you get from living in israel and they said to me very clearly i've heard it with my own ears that they would rather remain under isra

ministration will israel to hand over cede control of four palestinian neighborhoods in occupied east jerusalem drugger free of course is incredibly important it is everything when it comes to resolving this conflict three of those neighborhoods one of them is the ready outside the separation wall two of them very close to it the other one being talked about or fought is one that is right next to west jerusalem many people will tell you that it will be incredibly difficult to see how israel will allow to hand over control of that the bigger picture here is what's important and also no one has yet spoken about the future of the old city the old city of course home to the al aqsa mosque compound it is holy to muslims it is holy to jews many people will tell you the palestinians won't accept anything when it comes to the core of the issue i think it's all about concessions we have heard from the israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman in these radio media as well saturday night saying there is no such thing as a free lunch of course referring to the transfer of the american embassy here to druc

recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel, no talk about what would happen to east jerusalem. bottom line on this, negotiations, talks? is it any chance they restart at least in the coming months? >> it is going to be tough. i think throughout this year what you see is frustrated statements from the palestinians and not much room to maneuver. >> and lives hang in the balance as was just reported, nine children killed yesterday. a 14-year-old boy, 8-month-old little child as well, that's the human toll. kimberly dozier, thank you. >>> we're minutes away from president trump making a trip to capitol hill, set to meet with gop lawmakers and answer tough questions. they're confused by a number of things going on in the west wing right now. not an entirely friendly crowd. this is members of the president's own party. openly criticizing comments made by the president's staffer about senator john mccain's battle with cancer, the white house trying to make this a leak story, vowing to find and fire any leakers, spilling staff secrets. the president is outraged over the leaks coming as

correspondents on the ground covering the story for us on this very historic day tanya kramer for us in east jerusalem my ash waiter for us outside of the new embassy in jerusalem thank you both very much. well as we heard the opening of the u.s. embassy falls on a day loaded with meaning for israel because today marks seventy years of its founding so let's take a look now at some of the key events that led to its creation through history and we'll start with the tail door hazell this man here he is considered the five founding father of modern day zionism calling for the reestablishment of a jewish state under hatsell violence and became a political organization in eight hundred ninety seven and promoted jewish immigration to palestine especially from europe then in one thousand nine hundred seventeen british foreign secretary arthur buffer we heard netanyahu mention him he wrote what became known as the balfour declaration a document announcing london support for the creation of a jewish national home in the middle east that came during the first world war which would end in the defeat of the ottoma

warned you not to close your eyes to the catastrophic solution occupied by the territory including east jerusalem and their continued deterioration of conditions in occupied palestinian territory because of the israeli occupation which culminated in the legitimate u.s. decision on jerusalem. we have warned you about the constant ongoing impunity of israel. we have asked for the exceptionally -- to be lifted which makes it possible for israel to act as if it were above the law. we have called israel to be held responsible for its actions and for justice to be done for innocent victims. in the past and for the past eight weeks we have begged you constantly to prevent another massacre conducted by israel. the occupying power. a massacre, the heavy burden of which is borne by our occupied palestinian people. our young people, our men, are women, older people without discrimination, and the most deliberate fashion. what was the response to all of these calls? is it possible that you did not hear these calls? is it possible that the council did not take all of these warnings seriously? is it possible t

states is very clear that it's not going to talk about what the final borders of jerusalem and east jerusalema capital of a future palestinian state. why is the embassy moved to jerusalem where at least the united states recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. you think a setback for peace and palestinian statehood. >> not just a setback for peace and palestinian statehood, a setback for the entire world. one of the basic principles of international law is states can't go around and acquire territory by force and this is why for 70 years nobody has recognized jerusalem as israel's capital because it was acquired by force and now what the united states is doing as much as negotiations will work is they have given israel the green light to continue to build and expand settlements because with time you can build and with time you will be recognized. that's the problem. you probably saw a reporter in gaza earlier today that was talking about a situation being very dire ahead of tomorrow and catastrophe day on tuesday. the situation in gaza, obviously a humanitarian disaster by any measure

as the capital of palestine and set up or made it take this being consul general in east jerusalem and empathy with the british position of being to continue doing business with it no way there would have been horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify britain's position of having nothing to do with this russian embassy double standards. you can follow last stories are just so much more a great site called here in moscow this wednesday morning is kevin owen saying as ever thanks for watching more for newsroom in just over half an hour and well great programs in your part of the world for you right after the show pray. god not a problem but not far from our bob on the back i probably have i prefer. who. was about. five five i was. in. the police of. people who walk on the streets of the united states who are at risk from the very people who are supposed to protect that people are afraid of. you can see something happening. in. their lives chasing the. you never know better safe than sorry i don't know that someone else is going to. get. around here we. too.

first arab israeli war, the city was divided between west jerusalem, controlled by israel, and east jerusaleman. and in 1967, israel annexed all of jerusalem after the six day war, declaring the entire city its capital. most countries don't recognize israel's annexation of east jerusalem, and therefore keep their embassies in tel aviv. ned walker is the former u.s. ambassador to israel. ambassador walker, great to have you with us. walker: good to be here. soledad: so with a bit of a short history lesson in there, would you give me a sense of why this is, if it is such a big deal to move the embassy away from tel aviv and into jerusalem for the united states. walker: well, we always had the embassy in tel aviv, from the beginning in 1948, because of security. then, it became impractical to move, because we were trying to negotiate peace. soledad: what's the gain for the united states in moving the embassy? walker: if we were serious -- and i'm not sure we are -- about trying for an agreement on the palestinian-israeli situation, this move enhances the president's position with bibi netanyahu,

the move has angered palestinians who claim east jerusalem as their capital.iolent crashes continue today on the gaza border. it has been the deadliest day in gaza since 2015. the united nations secretary-general is welcoming an announcement by north korea that it will close its nuclear test site. it is also look -- he said he is also looking forward to the u.s./north korean summit. the weekend, north korea said it would dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks. in iraq, a cleric who much plot the u.s. took a surprise lead an early election results. is said to easily win control of baghdad. he is a former militia member who now targets iraq's political establishment over corruption. there are complaints in pakistan on the rising cost of food in the buildup to rommel don. aree are -- to -- markets packed with shoppers leading up to the muslim holy month. for 30 days, muslims will fast from some lies to sunset. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on global news 24 hours a day on air and tick tock on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists

east. this is in the gaza strip. the new u.s. embassy in jerusalemand that is infuriating palestinians. we've seen these types of protests all night long in gaza, weeks of protests up to today have left more than 40 dead, hundreds more injured. already today one palestinian was killed. these protests have symbolic timing. today is the 70th anniversary of israeli's independence. the israeli military has reinforced troops and police in the west bank and the gaza strip in anticipation of even more violence throughout the day. we'll watch that closely. abc news reporter molly hunter has the latest from jerusalem. >> ivanka trump and jared kushner arrived sunday to help open the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem, just five after president trump made one the announcement of the embassy. >> president trump is making history. we are deeply grateful and our people will be eternally grateful for his bold decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. >> reporter: palestinians feel betrayed by the u.s. and they're fewer yos. on sunday adding fuel to the fire.

consul general in east jerusalem an embassy with the british position of being to continue doing business with it no way they would be horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify its position having nothing to do with the russian embassy double standards. staff at germany's refugee agency is it being accused of illegally granting asylum to hundreds of migrants in some cases after taking cash bribes the agency called bamf has now told r t that it's expanding an internal investigation into the claims the scandal initially broke out in april with media reports of widespread bribery at the agency's office in bremen the federal migration agency now plans to review thousands of approvals and nearly a dozen branches that's on top of some eighteen thousand cases in bremen it is thought around twelve hundred asylum claims were approved illegally between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen one former official and five other employees are already being investigated. when by first deprecation is don't meet the necessary criteria we will consider whether

however, palestinians who hoped to make east jerusalem their capital staged mass demonstrations, setting fires and throwing firebombs and stones across the border into israel. rsraeli soldiers shot and killed more than 50 palestinians, more than 1,200 were hurt. we witnessed more protests in the west bank city of ramallah. we'll have more on that in just a moment, but we begin with holly williams in gaza on the deadliest day there since the cross-border war of 2014. ter:eporter: they were angry today in gaza about the new u.s. embassy. men and women threw rocks. and while many protesters were peaceful, some started fires along the border fence with israel. they have been demonstrating here for six weeks now, 40,000 of them today according to israel, encouraged by hamas, the militant group that's controlled the gaza strip since 2007. israeli soldiers dropped tear gas canisters from drones. they had already dropped leaflets warning palestinians not to get too close to the fence. and when they did, the israelis used live ammunition. arere are casualties coming back from the fence. some of t

as the capital of palestine and set out or made its existing consulate general in east jerusalem an embassy what the british position had been to continue doing business with it no way there would have been horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify a position of having nothing to do with the russian embassy double standards. donald trump has ordered an investigation into his own investigators it seems an independent inspector general is now set to look into whether the f.b.i. is twenty sixteen probe into alleged russian collusion was legal or not and is caleb maupin explains next extended become difficult to find someone that has been caught up in a wave of suspicion over little. the u.s. department of justice is currently expanding its investigation into whether or not its investigation of donald trump is legal are you confuse don't worry so are lots of americans but this is just a slice of the pie political leaders on both sides of the aisle are being investigated for criminal offenses with their opponents calling for them to be the locked up make ame

the parade celebrates israel's capture of east jerusalem from jordan in the 1967 war. 0n the streets,day's events has been tense and angry. mostly, it was noise and insults. sometimes, it boiled over. nobody‘s saying that arabs can't live here, god forbid, of course they can live here. but sovereignty is a different story. you find it hard to say the word palestinians, don't you 7 there are arabs living in this area. why don't you call them palestinians? there's no reason to. why? because there's no such thing as a palestinian people, there never has been. there's always tension and hatred injerusalem and on days like this, it's very stark. that's becausejerusalem is right at the centre of the conflict between israelis and palestinians. the future of this city is probably the most politically radioactive issue in the entire middle east. more people will suffer and die if leaders on both sides cannot calm this crisis. the americans believe that with saudi support. they can persuade palestinians to accept less, but in gaza nearly two million people live with little hope, less patience,

as the capital of palestine and set out or made it take this being consul general in east jerusalem an embassy with the british position of being to continue doing business with it no way they would be horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify the position of having nothing to do with this russian embassy double standards. staff at germany's refugee agency is being accused of illegally granting asylum to hundreds of migrants in some cases after taking cash bribes the agency called bam has now told r t that it's expanding an internal investigation into the claims the scandal initially broke out in april with media reports of widespread bribery at the agency's office in bremen the federal migration agency now plans to review a further eight thousand five hundred approvals in nearly a dozen branches that's on top of some eighteen thousand cases in bremen it's thought around twelve hundred asylum claims were approved illegally between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen one former official and five other employees are already being invest

commit itself to peace they should know that the only solution is for the state of palestine with east jerusalem as its capital to live side by side with is the state of israel. on the one hundred sixty seven lines as a solution based on international law to fiji's prisoners water and other issues should be should be found and we can do it but so far this israeli government supported by the driver of the main driver for them now is mr trump himself they believe they can dictate the solution on us they believe they can get away with the settlements and the siege and the closure and making a deeper apartheid system in the west bank and east jerusalem then that which existed in south africa there are orders in the west bank today and is jerusalem we cannot use as palestinians only israelis can use and such diseases as bigotry and racism was then afflict underneath our skins our skins as humans. all of us we have it in this is to just defy it sociologically psychologically economically sexually and now as well as in the pretext of security to just defy the apartheid system also apartheid will not su

palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of theirfu ture state. protests are planned throughout the region tomorrow, including what may be thearst demonstration yet at israel's border with gaza. joining us now via skype from gaza is newshour weekend special correspondent jane ferguson. >> the embassy move context eear. gaza has in the news. week after week because of protests there. >> it has. these protests have been going on six weeks now. with gaza basically marching on the fence of the borderd aro gaza saying that they're marching in march for aight of return to return to their ncestry homes they fled wheneverwas born in 48 19 that's again going on six weekse and e seen a lot of blood shed, dozens killed by fire by israeli defenseforces soldiers stationed on the border fence itself. now, of urse, these marches will culminate on tuesday, they will also beng marchi tomorrow. and it's expected to be more of ce same but even bigger at this stage and ld be bloody and violent but in the meantime in a jem, the atmosphere is tense but it's also triump

in 1967, israel occupied east jerusalem during the six-day war, and later annexed it. hat never gained international recognition. most countries including the u.s., continue to base their embassies in tel aviv, not jerusalem, because of the city's unresolved status. israel continues to claim the whole of jerusalem as its undivided capital, while palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of their future state. >> we are not taking a position of any final status issues. >> but critics say the president's move just favors one side over the other. and to drive the point, israelis are naming a square near the new embassy after, you guessed it, donald trump. >> joining us live from tel aviv is embassy dennis ross who served president from ronald reagan through barack obama. there's probably nobody who spent so much time as the point man in the middle east peace process during the hopeful 1990s under presidents george h.w. bush and clinton. his book "doomed to succeed". baes, good to see you. . president trump has said everything before has failed. so what happens to

as the capital of palestine and set up or made its existing consular general in east jerusalem an embassy the british condition of being to continue doing business with no way no way there would have been. horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify position of having nothing to do with this russian embassy. it's double standards and i suppose it also undermines the other world leaders come to nation of this as well a kind of undermines their case doesn't it. it's a missed opportunity looks like it makes it look like trump is able to bully his way past the europeans and a very bad precedent in the context of iran peter ford former british envoy to syria and daryn thanks ever so much for your time and coming on the program tonight thank you. donald trump's ordered an investigation into his own investigators we can report an independent inspector general will now look into whether the f.b.i.'s twenty six team probe into alleged russian collusion was legal or not and as caleb maupin explains it started becoming difficult to find someone that hasn't been caught up

as the capital of palestine and set up or made it take this being consul general in east jerusalem an embassy with the british position of being to continue doing business with it no way there would have been horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify the position of having nothing to do with this russian embassy double standards. staff at germany's refugee agency is being accused of illegally granting asylum to hundreds of migrants in some cases after taking cash bribes the agency called bath has now told r.t. that it's expanding an internal investigation into the claims the scandal initially broke out in april with media reports of widespread bribery at the agency's office in the brennan the federal migration agency now plans to review thousands of approvals and nearly a dozen branches that's on top of some eighteen thousand cases in bremen it is thought around twelve hundred asylum claims were approved illegally between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen one former official and five other employees are already being investigated. i f

us president trump is expected to ask israel to withdraw from four neighborhoods and occupied east jerusalem israeli media reports that trumps request as part of the so-called u.s. peace plan which is still under development that comes less than two weeks before the u.s. embassy moves from tel aviv to jerusalem stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem. reports in the israeli media that the trumpet ministration will israel to hand over cede control of four palestinian neighborhoods in occupied east jerusalem drugger free of course is incredibly important it is everything when it comes to resolving this conflict three of those neighborhoods one of them is ready outside the separation wall two of them very close to the other one being talked about or fought is one that is right next to west jerusalem many people will tell you that it will be incredibly difficult to see how israel will allow to hand over control of that the bigger picture here is what's important and also no one has yet spoken about the future of the old city the old city of course home to the al aqsa mosque compound it is

it marks the day after the one nine hundred sixty seven war in this region when israel annexed east jerusalem what was supposed to be the capital of the future of palestine and has essentially held on to that area ever since then claiming that jerusalem is united and jerusalem belongs entirely to israel which is obviously a narrative the palestinian side very strongly disputes and has been one of the big sticking points in the ongoing peace negotiations but now today we as you said we saw scuffles on the temple mount at least once including just recently when police were caught punching someone in the head when there were clashes breaking out between the israelis the palestinians and the police that were at the dome of the rock there now earlier today i was following a group of actually left wing israeli peace activists who were walking through the old city handing out flowers and holding signs in the shape of hearts saying we love you in various languages and i got a very mixed reaction from the palestinians in the area who some of them very much accepted the flowers and were appreciative an

demonstrators and that would make it the deadliest day in four years with protesters wanting east jerusalem to be the future capital state. let's go to seth doane inside the new embassy in jerusalem. >> reporter: good morning. this is just getting under way now. the opening of the u.s. embassy does not generally get this much attention. hundreds have gathered here and they are watching the ceremony begin. it's right in front of the u.s. embassy, the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem where ambassador david friedman will work here. the trump administration said it is simply recognizing a reality that the u.s. government was already treating jerusalem as the capital of israel and this simply moves the embassy here. palestinians are outraged and say moving the embassy here shows the u.s. taking israel's side in a city claimed by both parties. we spoke with senators here as part of the congressional delegation and i'm being quite because they are singing the national anthem. we spoke with senators who reminded us that it was a bipartisan congress created in 1995 to move the u.s. embassy here and tha

in 1967 israel captured east jerusalem from jordan. stinians say eastjerusalem should be the capital of a future palestinian state. because israel regards jerusalem as its capital it is customary for countries to put their embassies in the capital city. but due to the controversy surrounding jerusalem status most of decided not to. president trump made the decision to move the embassy a key election pledge. remove move will delight many israelis and infuriate palestinians. let's speak to ian black — who is a visiting senior fellow at the lse middle east centre. he's also former middle east editorfor the guardian newspaper. and speaking to us from ourjerusalem bureau, dahlia scheindlin, from the israeli institute for regional foreign policies who conducts extensive public opinion research on the israeli—palestinian conflict and the peace process. what is the atmosphere like in israel, we took pictures of skirmishes along the border with israel, what is the mood where you are? the thing to keep in mind is there is a parallel reality going

recognizing defacto jerusalem as the capital of israel a lot of palestinians want to see east jerusalem as the capital of their future independent states what we're seeing now in gaza is people are coming together at the border thousands are marching towards the border area we've seen that over the past seven weeks and the leading up to this day today tomorrow is not per day when palestinians are remembering the loss of their land in ninety four to eight but of course also today because of the and the sea move people are gathering what's different this time is that people are gathering in thirteen different spots in the past weeks it was in five different spots so large numbers of people there we understand from the israeli army that they have brought in more battalions more shop shooters as well we hearing also the use of lights on the nation as we've seen over the past couple of weeks over fourteen people have been killed and hundreds have been injured from life in the nation and from tear gas now what young people i talk to in gaza saying you know one thing is the embassy moved but t