PARIS — The world reacted in a chorus of shock Tuesday after the deadliest day in Gaza since 2014, as Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians protesting at the border against the opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem. U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the holy city as Israel’s capital, against the will of almost the entire international community, has been the source of deadly clashes for months. But the response of Israeli Defense Forces on demonstrators Monday was brutal. Haaretz, the progressive Israeli daily, posted an editorial Tuesday titled: “Stop The Bloodbath.”
The death toll had risen Tuesday morning to 60, with more than 2,000 wounded. As those killed yesterday are being put to rest, more protests are expected as Palestinians also commemorate the 70-year anniversary of the Nakba, when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes in the 1948 war.
The killings have sparked protests as well as official condemnations from around the world, including the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, who said he was “profoundly alarmed and concerned by the sharp escalation of violence and the number of Palestinians killed and injured in the Gaza protests.”Many of Tuesday’s newspaper front pages captured the contrast of Tuesday’s events, where Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump was beaming during the inauguration of the new embassy, while unarmed civilians were being killed just miles away at the border. Le Monde“s lead article opened with the following words: “Champagne in Jerusalem, blood in Gaza.”
ISRAEL
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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
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UNITED STATES
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FRANCE
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GERMANY
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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UNITED KINGDOM
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ITALY
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SPAIN
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PORTUGAL
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GREECE
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TURKEY
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EGYPT
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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SAUDI ARABIA
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IRAN
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SOUTH AFRICA
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ARGENTINA
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BRAZIL
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