WEST BANK: MOSLEMS PRAY AT RE-OPENED AL-IBRAHIMI MOSQUE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MASSACRE
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WEST BANK: MOSLEMS PRAY AT RE-OPENED AL-IBRAHIMI MOSQUE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MASSACRE
- Title: WEST BANK: MOSLEMS PRAY AT RE-OPENED AL-IBRAHIMI MOSQUE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MASSACRE
- Date: 11th November 1994
- Summary: HEBRON, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 11, 1994) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LAS,GV EXT.THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS 0.04 2. GV/PAN/ZOOM-IN/MOSLEM WORSHIPPERS APPROACHING TOMB (3 SHOTS) 0.12 3. SV MOSLEM WORSHIPPERS UNABLE TO GET PAST ISRAELI SECURITY 0.19 4. SV/HAS,SV/VAROIUS OF WORSHIPPERS/ISRAELI SOLDIERS GESTURING THEM TO MOVE AWAY (4 SHOTS) 0.41 5. SLV/ZOOM-IN MOSLEM WORSHIPPERS PROTESTING AGANIST REGULATIONS IN AN ARCHWAY OF TOMB (2 SHOTS) 0.47 6. SV MAN ADDRESSING CROWD AND CONDEMNING THE FACT THAT MOSLEM WORSHIPPERS CAN NOT PRAY INSIDE 0.52 7. HAS,GV/PAN/ZOOM-IN WORSHIPPERS STARTING TO PRAY OUTSIDE TOMB (4 SHOTS) 1.09 8.SLV/PAN ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES HOLDING BACK WORSHIPPERS 1.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: HEBRON, WEST BANK
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA6BLH6H7MDWYWJ7NYTQ7ACT7SA
- Story Text: Moslems prayed at Hebron's reopened al-Ibrahimi mosque on Friday (November 11), for the first time since a massacre in February, but strict new security restrictions kept out hundreds of other Arab worshippers.
More than 700 Moslems prayed in the courtyard after Israeli soldiers barred them from entering the shrine, also known as the Tomb of the Patriarchs, now divided into separate Jewish and Moslem halls.
The new regulations, imposed earlier this week when the site was reopened, limit entry to 300 worshippers from each faith.
Moslem worshippers have called the division unfair because Hebron's 100,000 Arabs outnumber Jews 20 to one.
In February, a Jewish settler massacred about 30 Moslems in the mosque which houses the tombs of biblical patriarchs. Israel closed and partitioned the shrine, installed surveillance cameras and metal detectors.
Hebron mayor Mustafa Natsheh, who joined the worshippers outside, condemned the Israeli security measures as a violation of international law.
"We came to pray and the Israelis prevented us. This contradicts the Geneva convention which allows people freedom of worship," Natsheh said.
Soldiers quickly surrounded Moslem worshippers who tried to stage a demonstration but there were no clashes.
Violence erupted in other parts of Hebron where young men hurled stones at soldiers. There were no reports of injuries.
Clashes also erupted between Palestinians and Isareli troops in the West Bank town of Nablus.
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