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Mass Shooting by Terrorists: Genocidal Israeli Snipers Murder at least 55 Palestinian Protesters As President Trash Opens US Embassy On the Eve of the Nakba

Provocative Nazi Imitators Open Embassy in Israel. Ivanka Trump is pictured unveiling engraved stonework carrying her father's name on the wall at the embassy today. The festivities in Jerusalem were a stark contrast to the bloodshed on the Gaza border where protesters were killed by Israeli snipers. [MORE]

From [HERE] At least 58 Palestinians were killed on Monday in Gaza and more than 2,700 others wounded as the Israeli army fired live ammunition, tear gas and firebombs at protesters assembled along several points near the fence with Israel.

The demonstrations, which coincided with protests against the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, are part of a weeks-long movement calling for the right of return for Palestinian refugees to the areas they were forcibly expelled from in 1948.

Since the protests began on March 30, Israeli forces have killed at least 107 Palestinians in the coastal enclave and wounded about 12,000 people. 

The protest comes ahead of the annual commemorations of the Nakba, or "catastrophe", when the state of Israel was established on May 15, 1948, in a violent campaign that led to the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their villages.

Turkey accuses the United States of sharing responsibility with Israel for a "vile massacre" along the Gaza border. "The United States, unfortunately, took its place without complaint alongside the Israeli government in this massacre of civilians and became a party to this crime against humanity," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters in Ankara.

"This is a vile massacre and we condemn it strongly," he added.

Yildirim said the events were "incompatible" with the US acting as a mediator or protector of world peace.

Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdag wrote on Twitter that the violence came after "unjust and unlawful decisions", referring to the embassy move from Tel Aviv to disputed Jerusalem.

"The US administration is as responsible as the Israeli government for this massacre," he said.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, says Israeli live fire killing dozens and wounding hundreds in Gaza must stop immediately. He also calls on the international community to bring those responsible to justice. [MORE]