Damascus Gate on Friday was awash with journalists, poised at the ready with their cameras, eager to capture the first of the clashes and provide the world with news from the "Holy City".

Palestinians, many of whom had come out of noon prayers from Al Aqsa, congregated to protest the US's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Their anger and frustration at Trump's declaration, which breaks from the international norm - a refusal to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the city - stems from the fact that Jerusalem occupies an important place in the hearts and minds of Palestinians the world over. Historically, Jerusalem was the capital of Palestine, and today occupied East Jerusalem is recognised as the capital of a future Palestinian state.

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