The official said that the prime minister could also threaten to dismiss officials who visit the Temple Mount. Israel denies changing the status quo and, in an attempt to dampen down the dispute, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred Israeli MPs and ministers from making visits to the compound. Thirteen Israeli citizens were wounded in attacks on Wednesday and Thursday across the country and the Palestinian Red Crescent said that nearly 400 Palestinians were wounded in clashes across the West Bank on Wednesday, NBC News reported.
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In Lod, an impoverished mixed Arab-Jewish city near Tel Aviv, dozens of Arab Israelis rallied, waving Palestinian flags and calling to “protect” the holy compound, while dozens of Jews rallied in front of them, waving Israeli flags.
Nine Israeli police officers were hurt in the clashes.
Tension was ratcheted up after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on September 30 that he was no longer bound by the Oslo agreement following alleged violations by Israel. He pushes for a multilateral peace effort. The speech was quickly met with a response from Netanyahu, who called it “deceitful”.
The latest developments in ongoing tensions between Palestinians and Israelis following days of violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank (all times local). Earlier in the day, a Palestinian teenager stabbed a Jewish seminary student in the neck in Jerusalem. Despite having no evidence that Aloun did pose a threat to anyone, the police shot the young Palestinian as settlers demanded.
In the third attack, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank, the military said.
On Monday, Abdel Rahman Abdullah, a 13-year-old from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, was shot and killed by Israeli forces, prompting further protests and unrest.
October 6: Israel lifts two days of restrictions on Muslim worship at Al-Aqsa. He says Israel will overcome the spike in violence and pursue the perpetrators.
Correction: A previous version of this report incorrectly characterized the Palestinian Authority’s role in the West Bank. Four Israelis were killed in two attacks last week.
A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli man who then shot and wounded her in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday after Israel lifted a few of the tight security measures imposed after a series of deadly Palestinian attacks, police said.
Netanyahu postpones a visit to Germany and warns Israelis to be on maximum alert. The attack left four people lightly wounded, including the soldier.
Israeli forces destroyed the homes of two Palestinian militants and sealed off part of a third in Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, Palestine’s Ma’an news agency reported that at least 18 Palestinians sustained injuries with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the environs of Ramallah.
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“Israel should abide by worldwide standards and immediately cancel the loosened rules of engagement for police”, Stork added, referring to a recent Israeli government decision to allow troops to use live ammunition against stone-throwing protesters.
