Palestinian president demands removal of new Israeli security measures around al-Aqsa mosque

Record ID: 904004

  • Title: Palestinian president demands removal of new Israeli security measures around al-Aqsa mosque
  • Date: 25th July 2017
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT, MAHMOUD ABBAS, SAYING: "What we decided is to freeze the security coordination (with Israel), and it continues. And defending the holy places, and it continues." MORE OF MEETING
  • Embargoed: 8th August 2017 18:09
  • Keywords: al-Aqsa mosque Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Muslim worshippers Jerusalem mosque security metal detectors mosque
  • Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • City: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036R7VUPZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed on Tuesday (July 25) new Israeli security measures at al-Aqsa mosque and demanded all of them removed, during a meeting with the Palestinian leadership at the Presidential Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
    Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday in favour of CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinians said the modified security measures were still unacceptable.
    Israel installed the detectors at entry points to al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police guards were fatally shot on July 14, setting off the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years.
    The Waqf, the religious body that runs the Islamic sites in the al-Aqsa compound, said worshippers would continue to stay away from the elevated, marble-and-stone plaza, Islam's third holiest site, and pray in the streets outside.
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