Muslims pray outside Jerusalem Old City in protest over shrine security

Record ID: 903764

  • Title: Muslims pray outside Jerusalem Old City in protest over shrine security
  • Date: 22nd July 2017
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 22, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MUSLIMS PRAYING IN STREET OUTSIDE JERUSALEM OLD CITY'S LIONS GATE, WHICH HAS BEEN A FLASHPOINT OVER NEW ISRAELI SECURITY MEASURES AT ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT-NOBLE SANCTUARY COMPOUND MAN PRAYING ON ROAD VARIOUS OF MEN PRAYING ISRAELI SECURITY AT CHECK POINT OUTSIDE THE OLD CITY MEN PRAYING IN STREET OUTSIDE OLD CITY WALLS
  • Embargoed: 5th August 2017 12:42
  • Keywords: Muslims pray in street Temple Mount-Noble Sanctuary Compound Jerusalem tension West Bank killing settlers Israeli security measures shrine metal detectors
  • Location: JERUSALEM
  • City: JERUSALEM
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016QSS8XZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Tens of Muslim worshippers held noon-time prayers outside Jerusalem Old City walls on Saturday (July 22), in protest against newly installed Israeli security measures at Jerusalem's holiest site.
    The metal detectors were installed on Sunday following the killing of two Israeli officers in Temple Mount-Noble Sanctuary compound.
    The new measures have prompted violence, with six people killed on Friday (July 21) in the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years.
    Three Israelis were stabbed to death in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, hours after three Palestinians were killed in violence during Muslim Friday prayers, held outside the shrine in protest.
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