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Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Mass protests in Gaza ahead of U.S. Embassy event in Jerusalem

By Fares Akram and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Palestinian protesters burn tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Gaza Health Ministry releases latest death toll

Associated Press

Riders from the Samson Riders, an Israeli motorcycle club, arrive on a road leading to the new U.S. Embassy during a group ride from the old embassy in Tel Aviv, ahead of the official opening, in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. On Monday, the United States moves its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the holy city at the explosive core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and claimed by both sides as a capital. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Latest: OIC condemns US embassy move to Jerusalem

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A sign on a bridge leading to the US Embassy compound ahead the official opening in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. Monday's opening of the U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem, cheered by Israelis as a historic validation, is seen by Palestinians as an in-your-face affirmation of pro-Israel bias by President Donald Trump and a new blow to frail statehood dreams. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem shows Trump pro-Israel bias, Palestinians say

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Members of pro-Islamic NGO IHH and other groups holding Turkish and Palestinian flags stage a rally following Friday prayers in Istanbul, Friday, May 11, 2018 to protest the US decision to relocate its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem. The embassy is moving from Tel Aviv in line with President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The placard in Turkish reads: &quot; Jerusalem belongs to the Muslims.&quot;(AP Photo/Erhan Demirtas)

The Latest: Bolton says Jerusalem embassy will aid peace

Associated Press

This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked &quot;dozens&quot; of Iranian targets in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Israeli warplanes launch massive counterstrike into Syria, targeting Iranian proxy forces

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, left, the head of Iran's parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 30, 2018. The meeting came as a missile attack targeting government outposts in Syria's northern region killed at least 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, amid soaring Mideast tensions. (SANA via AP)

Latest round of missile strikes in Syria ratchets up regional tensions

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Eizenkot

Gen. Joseph L. Votel makes unusual visit to Israel

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this Jun. 9, 2017 file photo, people stand on the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. More than two years of civil war have led to continually compounding disasters in Yemen. Fighting rages on in a deadly stalemate, the economy has been bombed into ruins, hunger is widespread, and a new misery has been added: Cholera, the world’s biggest current outbreak with more than 200,000 cases. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Mohammed Al Samawi recounts escape from Yemen civil war in ‘The Fox Hunt’ memoir

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

A Palestinian protester prepares to throw teargas back towards Israeli soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A leading Israel human rights group urged Israeli forces in a rare step Wednesday to disobey open-fire orders unless Gaza protesters pose an imminent threat to soldiers' lives. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian violence mute Israel’s 70th anniversary celebrations

By Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, asylum seekers march during a protest outside Israeli Prison Saharonim, in the Negev desert, southern Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Benjamin Netanyahu cancels deal with U.N. to resettle African migrants

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, photo, Eritrean migrant Yohannes Tesfagabr, one of the tens of thousands of African migrants Israel has targeted for deportation, recounts his journey to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. His case highlights the predicament of tens of thousands of Africans in Israel who face jail if they do not accept an offer, allegedly without further assurances of safety, to relocate to an unnamed African country. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

AP Exclusive: Migrant recounts his deportation from Israel

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the International Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 during a lunch meeting. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Protesters call for Benjamin Netanyahu to resign over bribery claims

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on an Israel/India alliance by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The India-Israel alliance

By Sarosh Bana

Tel Aviv, Israel, is a city marked by galleries, restaurants and clubs and is one of the world's premier business startup scenes, and is largely unconcerned about President Trump's decision to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

Tel Aviv residents on U.S. Embassy move: Let Jerusalem have it

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Screen capture from the @TelAviv Twitter account. (Twitter)

Tel Aviv reacts to Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli capital with amusing .gif

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

"It is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," President Trump said in an 11-minute speech at the White House. "It also is the right thing to do." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israeli capital, announces plan to move U.S. Embassy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Palestinian burn a poster of the U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest in Bethlehem, West Bank, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2017. President Trump forged ahead Tuesday with plans to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital despite intense Arab, Muslim and European opposition to a move that would upend decades of U.S. policy and risk potentially violent protests. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Donald Trump: Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, U.S. Embassy to move

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this March 11, 2016 file photo, US military officers stand around the coffin of American Taylor Force, a 28-year-old MBA student at Vanderbilt University and a West Point graduate, who was killed in a stabbing attack, during a private ceremony, at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel. An Israeli rights group said Monday, July 11, 2016 that five families of victims of Palestinian attacks, including the family of Force, are suing Facebook, alleging the social network has provided militants with a platform for spreading incitement. The Shurat Hadin group says it's representing the families in the $1 billion lawsuit that claims Facebook is violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by providing a service to militant groups that helps them in &quot;recruiting, radicalizing, and instructing terrorists.&quot; (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel group: Families sue Facebook over Palestinian attacks

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press