- Title: Jerusalem on alert ahead of Palestinian "Day of Rage" over holy site
- Date: 21st July 2017
- Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) ISRAELI POLICEMEN AT JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY'S NABLUS GATE VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SECURITY OUTSIDE OLD CITY WEAPON MUSLIM WOMAN/ ISRAELI POLICEMEN VARIOUS OF ISRAELI POLICEMEN AT GATE TO OLD CITY POLICE CAR MAN CARRYING PASTRIES NEAR OLD CITY MAN ENTERING OLD CITY AFTER BEING CHECKED BY ISRAELI POLICE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MUSLIM RESIDENT OF JERUSALEM, RAMZI DAUD, SAYING: "al-Aqsa is ours. And we are for it. And whatever happens to al-Aqsa will happen to us. We and all of Palestine and the youth of Palestine belong to al-Aqsa and whatever al-Aqsa would need from us, we will do it." (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MUSLIM RESIDENT OF JERUSALEM, RAFIQUE HAYAT, SAYING: "This place is made for worshipping God. These cannot prevent Muslims from entering to pray. And they are doing something that is against God." POLICE WOMEN CHECKING MAN ENTERING THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM POLICEMAN MORE OF POLICE CHECKING PEOPLE ENTERING OLD CITY METAL DETECTORS OUTSIDE TEMPLE MOUNT-NOBLE SANCTUARY COMPOUND, THAT WERE PUT THERE AFTER ISRAELI ARABS OPENED FIRE IN THE HOLY SITE, KILLING TWO ISRAELI POLICEMEN WOMEN ENTERING COMPOUND THROUGH METAL DETECTORS ISRAELI POLICE SPOKESMAN MICKY ROSENFELD SPEAKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI POLICE SPOKESMAN MICKY ROSENFELD SAYING: "Security measures will continue in and around the old city of Jerusalem after a cabinet decision was made late last night. Thousands of police officers are located in and around the area in order to allow thousands of people, Muslims to come in the Temple Mount and pray. Men from the age of 50 up will be allowed on the Temple Mount, will go through security and women of all ages will be allowed on the Temple Mount." ROUTE 1 NEAR SHORESH, ISRAEL (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE ROADBLOCK ON HIGHWAY LEADING TO JERUSALEM VARIOUS OF POLICE MAN AND WOMAN CHECKING VEHICLES AND DRIVERS ON HIGHWAY LEADING TO JERUSALEM POLICE WOMAN SPEAKING TO DRIVER/ POLICEMAN BOARDING BUS FOR CHECK POLICE WOMAN CHECKING PASSENGERS IN MINI VAN HEADING TO JERUSALEM JERUSALEM (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) MORE OF POLICE AND SECURITY OUTSIDE JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY VARIOUS OF GOLDEN ROCK OF THE DOME LOCATED IN THE TEMPLE MOUNT-NOBLE SANCTUARY COMPOUND
- Embargoed: 4th August 2017 08:01
- Keywords: Israeli police Temple Mount-Noble Sanctuary compound Muslim anger Israeli security measures Israeli-Palestinian conflict holy site killing
- Location: JERUSALEM / NEAR SHORESH, ISRAEL
- City: JERUSALEM / NEAR SHORESH, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016QNTYRR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israel bolstered security in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday (July 21) and prepared for possible clashes with Muslim worshippers after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided metal detectors at a sensitive holy site would not be removed.
Muslim leaders and Palestinian political factions have urged the faithful to gather for a "day of rage" against the new security policies which were placed at the entrance to the shrine, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, on Sunday (July 16), after the killing of two Israeli policemen.
The Israeli police said extra units had been mobilised to bolster security in the Old City, while Muslim access to the old city and the shrine for prayers would be limited to women of all ages and men over 50. Roadblocks were in place on approach roads to Jerusalem to stop buses carrying Muslims to the site.
The Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound, containing the Dome of the Rock and the Aqsa Mosque, has long been a source of religious friction. Since Israel captured and annexed the Old City, including the compound, in the 1967 Middle East war, it has also become a symbol of Palestinian nationalism. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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