In the beginning, God (if you believe) created man, and loved him, and made him equal among his peers, and then someone in the Middle East shoved someone else and they shoved back. For thousands of years, people have been shoving each other and blaming each other for the transgression.

Millions have died and no bridge seems long enough to connect these divided cultures. So, of course, matters that might impact the relationship between these groups of people should be thought on quite intensely before actions are made. Instead, Donald Trump decided off-handedly that the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv should be moved to Jerusalem, with no clear reason as to why. This move appears to delegitimize Palestine's claim to the Holy City.

For years, Jerusalem has been hotly contested between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the Sunni Muslim denizens of the Gaza strip. Jerusalem has been laid siege to, captured, and held by religious factions of Jews, Muslims, and Christians throughout history, giving every group a claim to the city. After WWII, Israel was founded as a homeland for displaced Jews, which pushed the Palestinians from their homes and into the Gaza strip. Since then, tensions between Israel and Palestine have only risen, and America has rather consistently taken Israel's side in the conflict.

Trump made good on his promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, much to Israel's delight. The embassy opened with a party, with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in attendance, as well as a recorded message made by the President.

At the Israel-Palestine border, however, thousands are protesting the move as well as their inability to trade due to Israel's blockade. Hamas, the anti-Israel terrorist group that controls Gaza, urged protesters to move towards the fence between Gaza and Israel and Israeli snipers shot at them.

Over sixty protesters have died and thousands have been injured on Monday alone, according to officials.

Reports differ as to the innocence of the protesters, however, as Israeli security forces maintain that Hamas has been using the protests as cover to try to send their militia over the fence and invade Israel. There are also reports of protesters throwing explosives and flying burning kites into Israeli territory. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, tweeted his support of deadly force at the border.

He is not alone in placing blame on Hamas. When White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah was asked about the situation, he said, "the responsibility for these tragic deaths rests squarely with Hamas."

I disagree. Israel and Palestine have been in a cycle of violence for decades with violent roots that date back centuries. Palestinians were already protesting the anniversary of Israel's formation, and had been for six weeks, and Israeli forces had been using lethal force up until Monday, but something changed.

Trump slated the embassy to be moved to Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of Israel's formation, a particularly painful day for Palestinians. Hamas knew that the protesters would be particularly upset on that day and knew that there would be a celebration in Jerusalem. Pictures of protesters being killed by the score are now being juxtaposed with pictures of the Trump family and Netanyahu having a party, and the rest of the world has to pick a side between the two pictures. I choose neither.

Everyone involved is to blame. Israeli soldiers are to blame for shooting unarmed protesters, Hamas is to blame for urging them to get closer to the fence, and Trump is to blame for Monday's surge in violence. They all should be held accountable, or else none of them will be, and this cycle of violence will continue forever.