Jerusalem, focus of conflict
JERUSALEM, holy city to Christians, Muslims and Jews, is the focus of Middle East tensions.
Although Israel claims the city as its capital, this is not recognised by the international community and almost all foreign embassies remain in Tel Aviv.
The Palestinians consider East Jerusalem their territory, illegally occupied since the Six Day War in 1967, and wants to see it as the capital of a future Arab state.
President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, effectively recognising it as Israel’s capital, was welcomed by the Israeli government but provoked global hostility and inflamed Palestinian anger, triggering the clashes in which, it is claimed, 58 Palestinians died.