Jerusalem - as it happened: Protests erupt in Gaza, Turkey and Jordan in wake of Trump announcement
Key Points
- 8.17am: Palestinian representative to Britain says decision would be ‘kiss of death’ for peace process
- 9.16am: Pope Francis calls for city’s ‘status quo’ to be respected
- 8.55am: Boris Johnson says UK has no plans to move embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
- 9.27am: Turkey says recognition would plunge region and world ‘into a fire with no end in sight’
- 12.41pm: Theresa May says she intends to speak to Donald Trump about the matter
- 18:05pm Donald Trump officially recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
- 18.57pm Hamas accuse Trump of opening ‘gates of hell’
- 19.25pm Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says US is backing away from peace process
- 22.50pm Protests erupt in Gaza over Mr Trump’s announcement
- Courtesy: The Independant UK. Read more on this at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jerusalem-live-updates-israel-capital-donald-trump-latest-news-palestine-us-president-recognise-a8094321.html
