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Palestinians, Jews Clash at Holy Site

Civilians, police injured in Jerusalem confrontation

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 28, 2009 3:32 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Palestinian civilians and Israeli police were injured when Jews and Arabs clashed at a Jerusalem holy site yesterday. Palestinians praying at the site—which includes the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosques—pelted a Jewish group with rocks, leading police to respond with stun grenades, reports CNN. The Palestinians' chief negotiator blamed the Jews for a deliberate provocation. Nine years ago today, Ariel Sharon visited the site and set off some of the worst violence in years.

An Israeli border police officer prepares to fire a tear gas canister at Palestinian stone-throwers during clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City yesterday.
An Israeli border police officer prepares to fire a tear gas canister at Palestinian stone-throwers during clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City yesterday.   (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Israeli police used stun grenades yesterday to disperse Palestinian rioters at a volatile Jerusalem site holy to Jews and Muslims.
Israeli police used stun grenades yesterday to disperse Palestinian rioters at a volatile Jerusalem site holy to Jews and Muslims.   (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Palestinian women chant slogans in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City yesterday.
Palestinian women chant slogans in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City yesterday.   (AP Photo/Mahfouz Abu Turk)
Hamas supporters in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday during a protest against Israel after the morning clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
Hamas supporters in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday during a protest against Israel after the morning clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City.   (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Clashes took place during a visit by a Jewish group to the compound in Jerusalem's Old City known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Clashes took place during a visit by a Jewish group to the compound in Jerusalem's Old City known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.   (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Enoughie
Oct 6, 2009 8:59 AM CDT
@ jagerhans: if you don't like Israel for what the Lebanese Phalangists did in Sabra and Shatila then you must REALLY HATE the US, UK, Canada, Australia and all other allied countries for what they did to the Germans and Japanese. Also, you have a serious problem of distinguishing fact and fiction. Because if Israeli policies are "nazi" than I doubt there are many countries in the world that are safe... The question is then, do you not like Israel because it's Israel, or can you point out one objective reason (i.e. one action, policy, or behavior) that applies to Israel but does not apply to any of the countries I mentioned above. Also, it's interesting that you mentioned the Phalangists' massacre of Sabra & Shatila, because after that incident some 400,000 Israelis filled the streets to protest. I encourage you to find one incident, after a terror attack in Israel, London, Madrid, or even after 9/11, where 40,000... maybe 4,000... you know what... 400 people in the Arab world filled the streets in protest. Till then, I suggest you find a better hobby than signaling out Israel for all the problems in the world... because it says more about you than about Israel.
jagerhans
Oct 1, 2009 10:04 AM CDT
p.s. go talk this bullshit to my neighbor who lost his wife, his sons and daughters and his whole family in Chatila camp.
jagerhans
Oct 1, 2009 9:58 AM CDT
Enoughie no one really cares the point of view of anybody else, that's not the point and i stated in the beginning that , bad or good, it is unrealistic to think that israel is going to vanish and we've got to cope with this. this said, your reply just sounds angry and arrogant. history will show us who is the fittest for survival there. but it is a fact that the israeli politics is , in fact, just fucking nazi. in the meantime you try and get familiar with the concept that I.DON'T. LIKE. ISRAEL. and together with me a lot of others. goodbye once and for all.

 
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