WEST BANK/ JERUSALEM: STRICT SECURITY IN JERUSALEM FOR LAST FRIDAY PRAYERS OF RAMADAN
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WEST BANK/ JERUSALEM: STRICT SECURITY IN JERUSALEM FOR LAST FRIDAY PRAYERS OF RAMADAN
- Title: WEST BANK/ JERUSALEM: STRICT SECURITY IN JERUSALEM FOR LAST FRIDAY PRAYERS OF RAMADAN
- Date: 21st November 2003
- Summary: (U3) BEIT JALA, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE/ PAN OF BEIT JALA CHECKPOINT BETWEEN THE WEST BANK AND JERUSALEM WHERE TWO THOUSAND PALESTINIANS GATHERED TRYING TO ENTER JERUSALEM FOR RAMADAN PRAYERS 0.11 2. CLOSE-UP OF PALESTINIAN MAN IN CROWD CHANTING / PULL OUT TO WIDE OF CROWD WAITING BEHIND BARBED WIRE 0.23 3. SLV ISRAELI SOLDIER ADJUSTING ROLLS OF BARBED WIRE AT CHECKPOINT 0.29 4. SMV PALESTINIAN WOMEN BEHIND BARBED WIRE 0.33 5. CLOSE-UP OF MAN HOLDING PRAYER BEADS 0.38 6. CLOSE-UP OF ISRAELI SOLDIER TALKING ON MOBILE PHONE / PULL OUT TO SHOW CROWDS WAITING 0.45 7. SLV ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND JEEP / PULL OUT TO PALESTINIANS WAITING 0.57 8. CLOSE OF SIGN AT CHECKPOINT 1.05 9. WIDE OF PALESTINIANS HOLDING IDENTIFICATION PAPERS IN THE AIR AS THEY WAIT TO CROSS CHECKPOINT 1.11 10. CLOSE-UP OF ISRAELI FLAG / PULL OUT TO WIDE OF PALESTINIANS WAITING 1.24 11. SMV PALESTINIAN WOMEN ARGUING WITH ISRAELI SOLDIER 1.34 12. CLOSE OF ISRAELI SOLDIER WITH GUN / PULL OUT AND PAN TO WIDE OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND PALESTINIAN CROWD SEPARATED BY ROLLS OF BARBED WIRE 1.42 (U3) JERUSALEM (NOVEMBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 13. WIDE OF ENTRANCE TO JERUSALEM OLD CITY / PEOPLE WALKING TO FRIDAY PRAYERS AT HARAM AL-SHARIF / ISRAELI POLICE AND SOLDIERS 1.52 14. SMV ISRAELI POLICE CHECKING IDENTITY PAPERS 2.07 15. SLV PEOPLE WALKING TO OLD CITY ENTRANCE / PULL OUT TO WIDE OF OLD CITY WALLS AS PEOPLE ENTER CITY GATE 2.20 16. WIDE OF PEOPLE WALKING DOWN STEPS TO OLD CITY 2.31 17. S,V ARMED ISRAELI SOLDIER AT OBSERVATION POINT IN OLD CITY WALLS 2.41 18. WIDE OF ISRAELI SECURITY AND CROWDS OUTSIDE OLD CITY WALLS 2.48 19. WIDE OF ISRAELI SECURITY IN CENTRAL JERUSALEM 2.56 20. WIDE OF ISRAELI SECURITY AT ROAD INTERSECTION 3.05 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: BEIT JALA, WEST BANK / JERUSALEM
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA60TNKTKRS7VBR7XSA84S2SURL
- Story Text: Strict security surrounds Jerusalem for last Friday
prayers during Ramadan.
Israeli security was heightened in Jerusalem on
Friday (November 21), for the last Friday prayers of the
month of Ramadan.
Two thousand Palestinians were stuck at a checkpoint
between Jerusalem and the West Bank after the Israeli army
heightened security after two attacks this week left two
Israeli soldiers and an Ecuadorian tourist dead.
Israel says tough travel restrictions on Palestinians
are necessary to stop suicide bombers who have killed more
than eight hundred Israelis in a three-year-old uprising
from reaching its cities.
Palestinians call the restrictions collective
punishment that has hit their economy and made travel
difficult, if not impossible, for many of the 3.6 million
residents of 640 communities cut off by trenches,
barricades and checkpoints.
In Jerusalem Israeli police and soldiers guarded the
entrances to the Old City as Muslims made their way to
prayers.
On Friday (October 31), the first Friday Ramadan
prayers, 190,000 Muslims attended prayers at the the Holy
Sanctuary site - known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and
to Jews as Temple Mount.
The holy site usually attracts around 20,000 Muslims for
weekly Friday prayers.
Al-Haram al-Sharif is the world's third holiest mosque
for Muslims, behind Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, and
one of the core issues in the Israeli- Palestinians
conflict with reference to Jerusalem.
In other areas of Jerusalem Israeli security was
visible.
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