Publish date31 Oct 2014 - 8:14
Story Code : 172700

Israel nabs 5 Palestinians in East al-Quds

Israeli forces have arrested five Palestinian protesters in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), amid tensions over an earlier move by Israel to close the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israel nabs 5 Palestinians in East al-Quds


The Palestinians were nabbed in the al-Thawri neighborhood on Thursday as clashes broke out in the area.

Similar clashes also erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the al-Mokaber mountain area and at the Qalandiya checkpoint.

Back at the time of the clashes, the protesters were outraged by Israel’s closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israel had denied all Palestinians entry into the mosque over the shooting of an Israeli right-wing activist, which was blamed on a Palestinian.

Later in the day, however, Tel Aviv announced that it had decided to reopen the mosque.

“It was decided to restore (the compound) to normal... effective immediately,” Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

Israel said, however, that entry for men would be restricted to those over 50 because of a fear of unrest at Friday prayers.

Following the closure of the holy site, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned that the decision by the Israeli regime to block the access of all visitors to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amounts to a “declaration of war.”

The Al-Aqsa compound, which lies in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds, is a flashpoint holy site in Islam. The location of the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism. The mosque is Islam’s third holiest mosque after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.

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