Palestinians clash with Israeli troops at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

Demonstrations at holy shrine erupt into violence as youths fight battles with riot police

Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 25 October 2009 17.03 GMT

Israeli riot police firing stun grenades and crowds of young Palestinians throwing stones clashed in the compound around the al-Aqsa mosque in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City today.

It was the latest flare-up in several weeks of protests around the site, known as the Temple Mount or the Haram al-Sharif. Around two dozen people were injured, mostly Palestinians, but none were seriously hurt.

Israeli forces stormed up into the compound behind riot shields and crowds of Palestinians fled, some taking sanctuary in the al-Aqsa mosque.

The second intifada of 2000 began with protests in the same area, but these latest clashes have been less violent and so far seem unlikely to trigger a more widespread uprising against the Israeli occupation.

Several Palestinians were arrested by Israeli police, among them Hatam Abd al-Qadir, a senior Palestinian adviser on Jerusalem, and Ali Abu Sheikha, a senior leader from the Islamic Movement, an organisation within Israel.

David Cohen, the head of Israel's national police, accused Muslim extremists of inciting violence. "The police will act with a strong hand against anyone who disrupts order on the Temple Mount and against those who incite to riot," Cohen said.

Palestinians, however, have been increasingly concerned about right-wing Jewish settlers entering the compound and about rumours - denied by Israel - of excavations near the site. The Old City, in east Jerusalem, was captured by Israel in the 1967 war and later annexed, a move never recognised by the international community.

Palestinian officials accused the Israeli police of provoking the violence. Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman for Abbas, condemned "the storming of Haram al-Sharif by Israeli forces". He added: "Jerusalem is a red line that Israel should not cross." There have been protests over the incident from the Islamic Conference and the Arab League.

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[kahn267]

Non Muslims let alone Jewish Extremists cant even get close to that part of Jerusalem nor the Al Aqsa mosque.. and it would be the Israeli Border Police who would be the ones to stop them..

that last part was a load of garbage

[mishgun420]

all religions were created by man to control the masses, there is NO GOD. but if u choose to believe in magic, well tell Santa i want a buggati for next new years

[mishgun420]

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[Hyperlinex]

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[pakiporkiller]

@mishgun420

well said

[paulinotou]

@npc0mpl3te well the act of conquering doesnt mean killing, however it may occur. Guam, where im from was conquered by the americans without the US touching it. but the UK won the land by a war imposed on them by the ottoman empire and their allies. the UK won isreal the same way the US won Guam and Puerto Rico. the defeated the ottoman empire. like i said thats the way the world works. its not like the Palestinians/arabs didnt do the same thing(crusades)

[npc0mpl3te]

@paulinotou Conquering land is killing people. How do you think you conquer land? Do you think you just walk in and say "Hi excuse me, we were wondering if we can have all your land, push you into ghettos and deprive you of food and basic supplies" Israel wants to eliminate all of the Palestinians and they will kill anyone: men, women and children, they don't care. This isn't some stupid board game where you capture territories. This is people's lives we are talking about

[paulinotou]

@npc0mpl3te when did i say kililng innocent people is inmoral? i was talking about conquering land. isreal is nowhere near big. they are pretty small.

[npc0mpl3te]

@paulinotou you don't think that war and killing innocent people is immoral? history tells us that all the strongest countries will eventually fail. They get too big and they can't support themselves. land doesn't matter. what really matters is human life. and what Israel is doing is killing innocent human lives. And the genius of Israel is that they aren't doing genocide like the Nazis but they have a very long term plan. But for sure they want to wipe out every last Palestinian