sides. people were saying they were out to vent their frustration. we re expecting that to happen, we re told that protests are going to protesters are going to start coming in an hour s time. and like arwa said, there s protests planned in bethlehem. there are protests planned for ramallah, in jerusalem. really across the west bank, across gaza. and in jerusalem. palestinians don t seem ready to lay down their cause. they re ready they re continued to keep fighting for it, and that s what we re seeing today. really that s going to be the test. if they can keep up the protests on a daily basis, what will that pressure have? no one can know. it will have pressure on politicians in one way or another. to both of you, we appreciate the reporting as we bring you a look at what s happening on the streets given the declaration by
the u.s. president. the question again, will this day, again, turn into more clashes on the streets? ian lee live in ramallah. arwa damon in bethlehem. thank you for the reporting. we turn to southern california. thousands of firefighters working there nonstop to combat thick wildfires. they made progress friday containing five blazes. however, the largest inferno, thomas wildfire, grew to nearly 58,000 hectares or 143,000 acres. at least one person has died in a car crash while evacuating from that fire. to compare again, it s been compared to the size of seattle and orlando together, these fires. just massive fires that are taking place. nearly 200,000 people have been forced to leave their homes since the fires started this week. some have returned only to find the homes destroyed. almost 14,000 in the area don t have power. cnn has more in this report.
and it has been slammed by much of the american community including u.s. allies. here s what happened at a security council meeting that took place on friday. we, therefore, disagree with the u.s. decision to move its embassy to jerusalem and unilaterally to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel before a final status agreement. these decisions are unhelpful to prospects for peace in the region. translator: we re worried that the new position by the united states on jerusalem risks further complicating the situation in palestinian/israeli relations and in the region as a whole. the u.s. decision to reward israelis impunity undermines and essentially disqualifies its leadership role to seek peace in the region. that is some of the blow back from leaders. let s get reactions from across the region. cnn s arwa damon and ian lee are both in the west bank. war joins us from bethlehem.
erupt into violence. for many, you also get a sense that they re actually exhausted least on the palestinian side. they are exhausted by this back and forth that keeps happening time and time again with at least from their perspective, no resolution at all to decades of grievances. george? important to point out, arwa, before the declaration by the u.s. president, the palestinian/israeli conflict has not been at the fore, but it is at the forefront now. and we re seeing the reactions on the streets. live in bethlehem. stand by. let s bring in ian lee, also following the situation on the streets in ramallah. and ian, from what you re seeing and to arwa s point, is there a sense among people you ve spoken to that things are somehow different now? reporter: yeah, that s the one question we ve been asking a lot of people is what is
jerusalem will remain the capital of israel and must remain. we will move the american embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. reporter: donald trump will follow through on their promise recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and directing the state department to begin the multitier process of moving the us embassy from tel aviv in bethlehem, flags of donald trump s image are burning, the potential for protests rise, us consulate in jerusalem, a security warning on twitter for us citizens directing them to avoid the old city and west bank, the move angering palestinians who want jerusalem as their capital as well, president mahmoud abbas morning such a move will have differential consequences on the piece process and prospects for internationally endorsed two state solution, allies in the muslim world warning of serious consequences, the turkish president threatening to break