Israeli Police Storm Jerusalem Holy Site 10/25/09

JERUSALEM — Israeli forces stormed Jerusalem's holiest shrine Sunday, firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a fresh eruption of violence at the most volatile spot in the Holy Land.

A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields closed in on the crowd, sending many protesters — overwhelmingly young men — running for cover into the black-domed Al-Aqsa mosque. The mosque is one part of the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

Dozens of protesters remained holed up inside the mosque for several hours, occasionally opening shuttered doors to throw objects at police. The Israeli forces did not enter the building, and the protesters eventually left peacefully and the compound was closed, police said. There were no serious injuries.

Israel's national police chief, David Cohen, accused a small group of Muslim extremists of trying to foment violence — echoing a charge made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two weeks ago.

"The police will act with a strong hand against anyone who disrupts order on the Temple Mount and against those incite to riot," Cohen said.

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[luv5e1]

Egypt owes big $ to 85,000 Jewish families from Egypt that were forced to leave their properties,etc. In67 Egypt imprisoned, mistreated then expelled the Jews among 4 of my brothers just because we are Jewish. U r right, there are churches where some Christians worshipers were killed by Muslims extremists in Egypt, S.Arabia &many arab countries have no church or synagogue for the simple reason: Arabs = antiSemitics & antiChristians. Arabs says it & the world knows it.

[botchedonce]

"Muslim worshippers." Who are they worshipping? They leave their mosque and head STRAIGHT to violence and hatred.

[pellava100]

muslim worshippers are worshipping satan

[adamfromuk]

@kawi891 which god you talking about ? ?? i can see only the injustice on your side ???? and i know that god is { justice } .... listen to me carefully i swear ,, your day is coming soon , the jews will pay all the billsssss :)

[Borat911]

I'm muslim and i find Arabs are often just a bunch of hypocrites, and there's no unity among arab nations they all fight among each other ... There are plenty of muslim Arab states and only 1 tiny Jewish one

[saguidaserra1]

what is Israel?

[LuTaRiSrAeL]

מוות לערבים

[salley400]

you could not beat us.

[DAVIDVAKNINEILAT]

was that arabic jews who was throwing stones?

[kawi891]

Good Job ! love thiss !!! Israel the best Becuse God with uss !!

[ArcticGooner]

Video Title: Israeli riot police vs Teenage stone throwers