Mahdi Abdul Hadi, founder of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of worldwide Affairs, which has produced several studies on Al-Aqsa, said it remained unclear whether the installation of cameras alone could ease a month of violence in which 59 Palestinians and 10 Israelis have been killed.
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Netanyahu has repeatedly denied such claims.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterating Israel’s commitment to uphold the status quo at the Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
He also called for the creation of a “special regime” for the protection of Palestinians against Israeli atrocities. Since 1 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 30 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Israel either after stabbings were carried out or the Israeli authorities allege stabbing attacks were intended.
“When a 13-year-old Palestinian boy decides to pick up a knife one fine morning and stab to death a 13-year-old Jewish kid whom he never even knew, we must stop and ask ourselves how did that happen”, he said. The two were identified as Sha’baan Abu Shkeidem, 17, and Shadi Abd al-Mu’ti Dweik, 22. Unlike their brethren in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians in East Jerusalem receive Israeli social benefits and can move freely in Israel.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported that three Palestinians from “the capital of Palestinian rage”, referring to Hebron, were shot dead. They seem increasingly prone to using lethal force against anyone they perceive as posing a threat, without ensuring that the threat is real.
The variety of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks rose to eleven after the dying of American-Israeli Richard Lakin, seventy six, who had been wounded on October. 13 when two Palestinians staged a stabbing and capturing assault on a Jerusalem bus, killing two different passengers. A few 58% said they favored the idea, while 35% said they were opposed.
Since 1948 the territory has been officially “disputed territories, ‘ and any so-called ‘occupation” has resulted from the onslaught of war meted out against Israel by Arab states since 1948 when Israel was most vulnerable and by several countries banding together to ‘wipe Israel off the map.’ This is why Israel now has to have a strong army.
However, these efforts have already run into trouble.
Netanyahu called government members to order Tuesday after Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said it was her dream to see the Israeli flag flying over Al-Aqsa, which is sacred to both Muslims and Jews.
While Jews can pray at the Western Wall, Israel has upheld a rule since 1967 that non-Muslims are not allowed to pray at the site. “Of course, jihad according to their means and what they can do inside Israel”, Kedar said.
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The current round of violence began last month with clashes at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, a hilltop compound in the Old City that is revered by Jews and Muslims.
