Ahead of his talks with Kerry, the Israeli prime minister took a hard line, pointing the finger at Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for inciting the wave of attacks.
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Israel lifted age restrictions for the main weekly prayers at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound yesterday, in an apparent bid to ease tensions over the site that sparked a surge in Israel-Palestinian violence.
An European Union spokesperson said the agenda for Mogherini will also include “the long stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the crises in Syria and in the entire region”.
Disputes over the ground rules at a major Jerusalem shrine played an important role in triggering the current Israeli-Palestinian violence. Here is a look at the positions.
“While we remain ready to support any other reasonable proposals for progress, we will, over the coming days, share the text of a draft resolution”, he said.
A subsequent search of their bodies revealed they wore shirts bearing the insignia of the Izz a-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, police said.
An Israeli border policeman fires rubber coated bullets during clashes with Palestinian protesters during clashes near Ramallah, West Bank, Friday, October 23, 2015. It is the third holiest site in Islam and houses the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques. Israel’s Cabinet had approved the movement restrictions to try to stem a wave of recent stabbings.
Israel says it expels anyone who prays, but the practice continues and a few Israel government ministers have been open about encouraging Jewish access to the area, saying all monotheistic religions should have the right to pray. It was the first time since violence erupted in mid-September that Muslims of all ages could attend the weekly Friday prayers at the Muslim-run site. Friday’s firebombing was the latest in a series of nearly daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers over the past month.
Netanyahu has said Abbas and the Palestinian leadership must stop “lying” about Israel, specifically, rumors that Israel is planning to take over the East Jerusalem holy site revered by both Jews and Muslims.
The top American diplomat is due to hold talks with Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II at a meeting in Amman on Saturday.
KELEMEN: The German foreign minister says Russia’s military action in Syria has made the situation more complicated.
Troops also placed a concrete barrier near Rachel’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
New Zealand has called on the United Nations Security Council to put more pressure on Israel and Palestine to end the violence between them.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that in the incident late on Wednesday, “the soldiers had high suspicions that he was a terrorist” and demanded his identity documents.
It begins with the man carrying a box into a storage room and then standing at the door, looking outside. Suddenly, Israel soldiers rush toward him, beat him repeatedly and drag him outside.
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Footage released in spite of a temporary restraining order.
