“Maan News reported “(d)emonstrators raised flags and chanted slogans in support of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Christian holy sites, with local popular committee member Abdullah Abu Rahmeh condemning Israeli raids in East Jerusalem’s Old City”.
Tensions in Jerusalem have been escalating, with daily clashes between Palestinians and police forces.
The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement will continue with our godly campaign and holy work.
A Palestinian group that supports the Islamic State claimed responsibility for one of the rockets fired at Israel. “I hope out of every Palestinian house, a martyr will emerge”, said his mother, who declined to provide her name.
Palestinians argue with an Israeli policeman blocking a road leading to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound during a protest against preventing Palestinians from entering the shrine on September 20, 2015.
The compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque and is the third holiest site in Islam. “It is the home of all Muslims and their presence in this place would intensify their connection to this place”.
Hebron area Palestinians protested peacefully against repeated Israeli Al-Aqsa assaults.
There has been an increase in Jewish visitors to what they call the temple mount during the High Holy Days (Tuesday was Rosh ha-Shanah, the New Year), since it was the site of a long-since destroyed Jewish temple in late antiquity.
The Palestinian government said Friday it would open an investigation into the incident, with prime minister Rami Hamdallah calling it “an unacceptable act” and promising to “hold its perpetrators accountable”. They pelted his auto with rocks, causing Levlovich to lose control of the vehicle and smash into a pole.
Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters continued the following day, with two Israelis injured.
Separately on Tuesday morning, Israeli troops shot and wounded a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint near the centre of Hebron, witnesses said. It is certainly possible that Netanyahu misspoke – but what it appears to mean is that the ever-expanding definition of “terrorism” and the ever-expanding tools of “counter-terrorism” that have already crossed over to East Jerusalem may be directed at all Palestinian-Israelis.
What uniquely characterizes these incidents and constitutes a mitigating factor is the broad absence of gunfire and total absence of suicide-bombing on the part of the Palestinian youth involved, along with an effort by Palestinian Authority Police to suppress violence in the West Bank and confine it to greater Jerusalem. The status quo forbids Jews from praying at the site, but they are allowed to visit along with other tourists.
Claims that the rifles are non-lethal have also drawn scrutiny. “They want to improve their quality of life”. “We will not allow them to do that”. This is because the exact locations of the various parts of the Jewish temple are not known and hence it’s possible that Jews may unintentionally step in sacred forbidden areas. Much of it isn’t organized, and numerous rock-throwers are teens, even children.