“Muslims and Arabs can visit the mosque in a very quiet and normal way without violence, but the Israelis are inciting and provoking”, he said.
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In one incident, two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli in the West Bank, wounding him moderately before fleeing, the Israeli military said.
The recent surge in violence broke out in early October after Israel imposed restrictions on worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Sheikh Raed Salah will have to report to an Israeli prison on November 11 as per the court sentencing instructions.
Increasing numbers of religious Jews visiting the compound – which is Islam’s holiest site outside Saudi Arabia and revered in Judaism as the location of two destroyed biblical temples – have led to Palestinian allegations that Israel is violating a “status quo” under which Jewish prayer there is banned.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for global protection for the Palestinians, saying the human rights situation under Israeli occupation is at its worst ever, and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of exploiting the Holocaust to attack the Palestinians.
The slain Palestinians were later identified as 17-year-old Shabaan Abu Shkeidem, and 22-year-old Shadi Nabil Abd al-Muti Dweik, both of whom came from al-Khalil. Palestinians seek recognition for their independent state, proclaimed in 1988, on the territories of West Bank, as well as East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
The woman suffered moderate injuries, the army said.
But the survey asked a sampling of adult Israelis what they think about repealing the rights of East Jerusalem Palestinians, such as welfare payments, voting in municipal elections and Israeli license plates on their cars.
A few 50% said these neighborhoods should be handed over to the Palestinian Authority, whereas 41% said Israel should not cede its sovereignty over those areas.
Before he died Lakin’s family put his name on a petition of 20,000 Israelis backing a lawsuit an Israeli NGO filed against Facebook for failing to remove pages that encourage the killing of Jews.
“Israel has to be assured its security for good, and not remain the object of any threat to it or its people”, he said ending his address.
World leaders desperately want to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that collapsed in April 2014, to avoid a deeper slide into violence that many fear could lead to a third Palestinian intifada.
However, these efforts have already run into trouble.
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One of the measures agreed last week was the installation of cameras at the compound. Jordanian officials initially requested the cameras at the site in order to ensure that Israel does not make any changes to the status quo there, and to ensure that there is no attempt to damage the Al-Aqsa Mosque at the site.
