15 May 2018

Deadly clashes as US opens Jerusalem embassy

From Morning Report, 7:11 am on 15 May 2018

Protests against the opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem has turned deadly. Fifty-two Palestinians protesting on the Gaza border have been killed by Israeli soldiers and 2,400 people have been wounded. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations, denounced the violence. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusner attended the embassy's opening ceremony. US President Donald Trump delivered a a video message at the opening of the embassy. Speaking at the opening, Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the embassy's opening as an historic moment. Susie Ferguson talks to the ABC's Norman Hermant in Jerusalem.