Jordan, the custodian of the site, last month proposed security camera monitoring in efforts to defuse tensions. PMW observed that while it’s common for official Palestinian media and schools to claim that all of Israel is occupied, “it is rare that Abbas himself says this in an global forum”.
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Israel has blamed the violence on incitement by Palestinian political and religious leaders. It is the holiest site in Judaism, and was the home to biblical Jewish Temples. Muslims believe it is the spot where the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army closed the neighbourhood of Ras Al-Amood in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, for the third day, closing schools.
There are more than 6,500 Palestinians now languishing in detention facilities throughout Israel, according to official Palestinian figures.
“It’s clear that the Israeli government doesn’t want to arrest the perpetrators or punish them or their families as it does with Palestinians”, said Abdelhaleem Dawabsheh, the mayor of Duma and a cousin of the Palestinian family.
143-a-15-(Neta (NEHT’-uh) Patrick, executive director of Yesh Din, an Israeli watchdog group, in AP interview)-“and Israeli soldiers”-Human rights campaigner Neta Patrick says influential Israelis are using language that may be encouraging soldiers to use excessive force against Palestinians”.
There was no immediate Israeli response to Abdullah’s remarks.
Israel wants all areas of the compound to be filmed to prove that it is not violating the status quo that only allows Muslim to pray on the Temple Mount, although non-Muslims are allowed to visit.
In a conflict with two diametrically opposed narratives in which words and history have always been used as weapons, Netanyahu has also been accused of fuelling tensions.
The cameras would provide a feed to the Wafq, the Jordanian organization that administers the site.
In turn, 10 Israelis were killed in stabbing and run over attacks carried out by Palestinians.
Mohammed Allan was arrested in November 2014 and held under a measure known as administrative detention, which allows imprisonment without trial for six-month periods renewable indefinitely. He finished his jail term and was released on Wednesday.
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Allan’s release comes as a wave of violence rocks the West Bank and Israel.
