Angry Muslims lash out at Trump over Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — Large crowds of worshippers across the Muslim world staged antiu.s. marches Friday, some stomping on posters of Donald Trump or burning American flags in the largest outpouring of anger yet at the U.S. president’s recognition of bitterly contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

In the holy city itself, prayers at Islam’s thirdholiest site dispersed largely without incident, but Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops in several dozen West Bank hotspots and on the border with the Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes struck Hamas military targets Friday in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the zone that Israel’s military said was intercepted by its Iron Dome missiledefense system.

The Palestinian health ministry said at least 15 people were injured in Friday’s airstrikes.

Trump’s pivot on Jerusalem triggered warnings from America’s friends and foes that he is needlessly stirring more conflict in a volatile region.

The religious and political dispute over Jerusalem forms the emotional core of the Israeliarab conflict. The ancient city is home to major Muslim, Jewish and Christian shrines and looms large in the competing national narratives of Israelis and Palestinians.

Most countries around the world have not recognized Israel’s 1967 annexation of east Jerusalem and maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. Under a longstanding international consensus, the fate of the city is to be determined in negotiations.