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Israel braces for unrest after Hamas calls Donald Trump’s Jerusalem decision a ‘declaration of war’

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Hamas has called for new intifada against Israel in response to Donald Trump’s decision to recognise the Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

“This Zionist policy supported by the US cannot be confronted unless we ignite a new intifada,” said Ismail Haniyeh, the Islamist militant group’s leader, during a speech in Gaza.

He added: “The US decision is an aggression, a declaration of war on us, on the best Muslim and Christian shrines in the heart of Palestine, Jerusalem.”

After US President Donald Trump’s recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, there is silence and a state of waiting in the Muslim neighborhoods of this town.

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there are expectations among everyone in the city that clashes may ensue.

The Arab districts’ shops, which are usually very lively at this hour, are closed now. People are concerned that their shops may be damaged as a result of possible clashes.

The video cameras of numerous media outlets are at Damascus Gate.

Israeli police are all around the city.

Donald Trump’s inauguration: schedule and inaugural address @realDonaldTrump

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Friday

  • Trump, Pence and their families will attend a church services at St. John’s Episcopal. The ritual of attending morning church services before the inauguration was started by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
  • Trump and outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama will meet over coffee at the White House. The two leaders will then travel together to the Capitol with their wives for the inauguration ceremony.
  • The ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. ET. The theme of the inauguration is “Uniquely American.” The vice-president will be sworn in first by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
  • Trump will be sworn in at noon by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Trump will then deliver his inaugural address. Past great inaugural addresses have included Kennedy’s famous, “ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country,” Reagan’s “We — the American people — we are the solution,” and Roosevelt’s “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Historian Douglas Brinkley told CNN that he met with Trump, who plans on writing the address himself along with a policy aide. He also said Trump planned to keep his address short.
  • Following Trump’s address, the Obama family will depart Washington aboard Marine One.
  • Trump and Pence will be honoured at a luncheon in the Capitol.
  • A procession of floats, soldiers and marching bands will pass by Trump during the Inaugural Parade along Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump’s team says the parade will last about 90 minutes. (Dwight Eisenhower presided over the longest parade — at more than 4.5 hours — in 1953).