SPECIAL REPORT: History is being made as the U.S. opens its embassy in the newly recognized Israeli capital of Jerusalem -- a city also claimed by Palestinians as their capital — as deadly protests erupt at the border https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/2qF8uTXWiO
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Coverage of the new U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem will continue on CBSN (https://www.cbsnews.com/live/ ) and tonight on
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“This week is really the culmination of 6 weeks of protests, and today we've seen very big numbers. We think there are tens of thousands of Palestinians that have gathered along the fence...that separates Gaza from Israel,”
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Prime Minister Netanyahu, other dignitaries from Israel, the congressional delegation from the U.S. and Jared Kushner -- who will be speaking today -- sit in the front row at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem,
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President Trump will not be speaking and is not in attendance, but he will be heard via a video conference that will be played for the hundreds of people gathered at the U.S. Embassy opening,
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WATCH: President Trump’s remarks on the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem are delivered via video conference https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/sRPTMfATo7
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"We are opening [the U.S. Embassy] many, many years ahead of schedule. As I said in December, our greatest hope is for peace. The U.S. remains fully committed to facilitating a lasting peace agreement," Pres. Trump says https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/C22djUKYCR
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WATCH: Ivanka Trump speaks at U.S. Embassy opening in Israel https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/KRAuC7oS5g
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WATCH: Jared Kushner, the man President Trump says will bring peace to the Middle East, is speaking at the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/a8KEkFroUL
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The U.S. and Israel's "special bond is the envy of nations throughout the world... The U.S. stands with Israel because we both believe in freedom," Jared Kushner says https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/ggPtpfDC2I
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“Last week, President Trump acknowledged another truth and kept another promise. He announced his intention to exit the dangerous, flawed, one-sided Iran deal,” Kushner says https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/eBw8p2UyUM
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“I am also proud to be here today as a member of the team that President Trump has entrusted to lead the efforts to bring peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians," Kushner says, adding it has been an honor to work with Pompeo, Bolton, Friedman, and Greenblattpic.twitter.com/sR1CdIl7hu
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WATCH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes the American delegation to Jerusalem and to the opening of the U.S. Embassy there https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/f81laZF1SI
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"Today, the embassy of the most powerful nation on Earth, our greatest ally, the United States of America, today its embassy opened here," PM Netanyahu says https://cbsn.ws/2wEOsvG pic.twitter.com/wibPErmpuz
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It is the Palestinians causing the trouble, they are trying to invade Israel
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Oh hey, I think by exchange you meant "massacre of civilian protesters" That's kind of a bad mistake


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they have been stopped by the military.They have every one on the West bank to stop the Hamas terrorist.They are not demonstrators they are Hamas terrorist that do this all the time.
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So freaking typical to contextualize events in Israel within Hamas’ scripted turmoil that only furthers their PR campaign against Israel to a willing western media while destroying the civic and economic lives of Palestinians. Shame.
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No exchange you liars! Israeli snippers are targeting unarmed protestors.
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