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President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday he was letting the initiators of the government memorandum on the relocation of the Romanian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem to clarify the request for declassification of the document.

Paraguay opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, the second country to follow the United States in making the politically sensitive move from Tel Aviv.

National Liberal Party (PNL, opposition) leader Ludovic Orban on Friday stated in southeastern Constanta that he has referred to the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Supreme Court (ICCJ) in connection with the alleged criminal offenses of Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and Deputies' Chamber Speaker and Social Democratic Party (PSD, main at rule) leader Liviu Dragnea, because

National Liberal Party (PNL) leader Ludovic Orban stated on Thursday in Iasi that "as Romania's citizen" he lodged a notification with the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (PICCJ) regarding certain deeds committed by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea.

Israel's Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey's temporary charge d'affaires in Tel Aviv, Umut Deniz, on May 16.

Turkey has asked Israeli Ambassador to Ankara Eitan Naeh to "temporarily leave the country" in reaction to the killing of scores of Palestinian protestors by Israeli security forces, while the Turkish envoy to Tel Aviv has arrived in Ankara after being called back for consultations.

The Israeli prime minister's gala took place on Sunday evening. Of the 86 states with embassies in Tel Aviv that had been invited, only 32 accepted the invitation and had their ambassadors show up - Serbia among them.

Gaza is braced for fresh protests against Israel as the first funerals are expected to be held for 58 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on Monday, the deadliest day since the end of the 2014 Gaza conflict.

Tuesday is the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba, or Catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands were expelled or fled amid the creation of Israel in 1948.

The leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu condemned the U.S. and Israel administrations over violence against Palestinian protesters on the day the U.S. embassy relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire on the Gaza border in mass protests against the U.S. decision to move its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has risen to seven as more than 100 persons were also wounded, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on May 14.