BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Palestinian protesters disrupted a meeting between American officials and a Palestinian trade group in the West Bank on Tuesday, shouting at the American participants and pelting their vehicles with tomatoes as they departed abruptly.

The incident came amid rising Palestinian anger over the Trump administration’s handling of the Middle East conflict.

About a dozen protesters burst into the meeting between members of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce and the American officials, brandishing posters with anti-American messages. Protesters said they opposed any contact with American officials, and their actions quickly cut short the meeting. They later kicked the vehicles of the American officials and tried to prevent them from leaving.

“The Palestinian people came out to forcibly stop this meeting,” said a protester, Ahmed Odeh.

The Palestinians were outraged by President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last month, a move that prompted them to reject the United States as an honest peace broker. The Palestinians seek East Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, as the capital of a future state.