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House Passes Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown

President Donald Trump accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, meets with congressional leaders including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left,
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Palestinians Protest Trump Move, More Unrest Feared

By JOSEF FEDERMAN burned U.S. flags and pic- can decision to recognize Aqsa Mosque, the city’s by Trump’s move to depart
Associated Press tures of President Donald Jerusalem as Israel’s capi- most sacred Islamic site. In from decades of U.S. policy
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thou- Trump, and a top Palestin- tal. Israeli forces were brac- Gaza, the supreme lead- on Jerusalem and upend
sands of Palestinian pro- ian official said Vice Presi- ing for the possibility of even er of the Hamas militant longstanding international
testers clashed with Israeli dent Mike Pence would not stronger violence on Friday, group called on Palestin- assurances that the fate
forces in east Jerusalem be welcome in the West when tens of thousands of ians to launch a new upris- of the city would be deter-
and the West Bank, dem- Bank, in a show of rage Palestinians attend weekly ing against Israel. The Pal- mined in negotiations.
onstrators in the Gaza Strip Thursday over the Ameri- prayers at Jerusalem’s Al estinians were blindsided Continued on Page 2