LIVE: Calls for Palestinian uprising after Trump's Jerusalem move

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said there "a very good opportunity for peace to be achieved" between the Israelis and Palestinians after Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. 

The President is very committed to the Middle East peace process. He has a team that he put in place almost immediately upon entering the White House," Tillerson said.

"A short while ago, a projectile was fired from northern Gaza & exploded in southern Israel," the Israel Defence Forces said on its official Twitter account.

"In response to that fire & the projectiles fired at Israel throughout the day that fell short in Gaza, an IDF tank & an IAF (Israeli Air Force) aircraft targeted two terror posts in Gaza."

The military said Hamas was "responsible for the hostile activity perpetrated against Israel from the Gaza Strip" which the Islamist movement controls.

A senior Palestinian official in President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah party said on Thursday that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, due to visit the region later this month, "is unwelcome in Palestine".

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Here's an evening round-up of the day's events:

► At least 31 people injured in clashes across the West Bank and Gaza during protests against the US embassy move.

► Two rockets were fired from Gaza into Southern Israel. 

► Palestinian factions have called for a "Day of Rage" to take place on Friday.

►Protests took place across the Middle East and North Africa.   

►Brother of Jordanian King criticised US embassy move as "irresponsible".

We will continue to update the live-blog throughout the night with the latest developments. 

Here are some more of his thoughts:

• The majority of Israelis don’t see the declaration as an end to the two-state solution largely because, for them, it is "clear and obvious" that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
   
• It is wrong for Israel to think that the entire international community holds the same opinions as Donald Trump - even though, as US president, he is currently the “leader of the free world”
   
• Trump's decision will, however, embolden the motives of settlers as well as those on the right of Israeli politics. They will now do what they want, without worrying about what the international community does and thinks about Israeli actions and interests. “It doesn’t matter if Europe, the UN Security Council and everyone else rejects Israel’s plans," he said. "Israel knows that, in the end, it can do what it wants, even if it takes 20 years.”

Many users on Twitter have noticed that Google search returns Jerusalem as the capital of Israel – with several pointing out it happened before the Trump announcement.

It’s here on search…

Back in 2016, we ran a piece on how Google sparked an outcry after reports emerged that it had allegedly removed Palestine from its maps.

If you look closely at the map we used then, you’ll see that Jerusalem is marked as a dot inside a circle, on a par with Middle East capital cities including Damascus, Beirut and Amman. Tel Aviv, in contrast, where foreign embassies are based, only gets a white circle -  which puts it on a par with Haifa.

Prince Hamzah bin al-Hussein, a brother to King Abdullah, tweeted that the move was “an exceptionally irresponsible and dangerous step.” 

The remarks represent the first time a royal of his generation has criticised US actions, according to one expert. 

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The Israeli military said on Thursday that two rockets launched at Israel from the Gaza Strip fell short inside the Palestinian enclave.

There was no initial claim of responsibility from any militant groups in the Gaza Strip for the launchings.

Via Reuters

From calling America 'the root of evil' to not covering Trump's decision at all, here's a round-up of the front page coverage of four major Arab dailies:

Al-Akhbar: ‘It’s either America . . . or Jerusalem’

“As for Israel, let’s leave it aside. Whatever has been said of Israel's 'power and superiority', is only a result of the American- British colonisers. Israel wouldn't survive a day without the protection, care and support of the West.”

“Today at this moment, those of us Arabs who surrender completely to America under the banner of 'peace', are nothing more than submissive cowards. While the 'free world' watches helplessly in the face of a mad cowboy, we should stand up with dignity and address the root of the problem not its symptoms. We have no choice but to raise our fists and slogans and shout, 'Death to America!”

Asharq Al-Awsat: 'Trump recognises Jerusalem as capital'

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed: ‘Trump, the second occupation’

But Palestinians have “loads of options” about how they react against Trump’s move.

Al Arab: 'Ahmed Ali in a race against time'

Going in an entirely different editorial direction, the Emirati paper’s front page covered Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of former Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh who was killed by the Houthis on Monday in Sanaa.

Palestinian-based Al-Quds news network confirmed there has been "renewed" rocket fire from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli residential areas near the Gaza border. 

Source: Al Quds News network 

Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, said in a televised speech on Thursday that "Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem are under threat" after Trump's decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv.

"One day we might wake up and find Al-Aqsa mosque being demolished because of the ongoing Israeli diggings underneath it."

He said that the US administration did not respect its Arab allies when it took this decision, and it did not abide by the international community consensus and UN resolutions regarding Jerusalem.

"Trump fired the last bullet on the peace process and he dared to announce its death," he said.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that Canada has no intention of moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

Speaking in China during a visit, he said: “We will not be moving Canada’s embassy from Tel Aviv.”