- Title: Palestinians reject Israel's modified security measures in Jerusalem
- Date: 25th July 2017
- Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) MOVING SHOT OF ENTRANCE TO JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY THROUGH LIONS GATE ISRAELI SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING IN AREA FROM WHICH METAL DETECTORS WERE REMOVED, BELOW METAL BEAM MORE OF AREA VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SECURITY PERSONNEL VARIOUS OF WORKERS USING LADDER TO DISCONNECT ELECTRICITY BUILDING SIGN READING IN ARABIC 'OFFICE OF THE SUPREME JUDGE, JERUSALEM MUSLIM RELIGIOUS COURT'' SENIOR MUSLIM CLERIC WHO OVERSEES AL-AQSA COMPOUND DELIVERING STATEMENTS RELIGIOUS LEADER AS SEEN ON SMARTPHONE SCREEN (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ABED AL-ATHEIM SALHAB, HEAD OF THE WAQF COUNCIL, SAYING: "The religious leaders designate the Waqf in Jerusalem to send its crew to make an initial report about the situation inside and outside the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque to evaluate the aggression that took place and we stress it must be removed." PEOPLE LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOHAMAAD HUSSEIN, GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM, SAYING: "According to the report, we will make the suitable decision. Therefore we say to all of the Palestinian people we will keep praying near the gates of Al Aqsa mosque and we will keep praying at the yards and streets of Jerusalem, all prayers on time, until we make the decision to enter Al Aqsa mosque to pray, according to the current circumstances." A-RAM, WEST BANK (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE TO BUILDING OF PALESTINIAN GOVERNORATE OF JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER RAMI HAMDALLA CONVENING CABINET MEETING PALESTINIAN FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER RAMI HAMDALLA SAYING: "We condemn all the Israeli measures that take away our people's right for worship. We reject all obstacles that hinders the freedom of worshipping, granted by international laws. And we demand the return to the situation where things stood before July 14th." PICTURE OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER RAMI HAMDALLA SAYING: "We hold the Israeli government, the de facto occupation power, the full responsibility for any harm to Aqsa mosque." JERUSALEM (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SECURITY AT ENTRANCE TO AL AQSA-TEMPLE MOUNT COMPOUND MORE OF AREA
- Embargoed: 8th August 2017 09:47
- Keywords: Israel Palestinians Metal Detectors Removal Al-Aqsa-Temple Mount Jerusalem Jordan
- Location: JERUSALEM/A-RAM, WEST BANK
- City: JERUSALEM/A-RAM, WEST BANK
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016R7TDFR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israel removed metal detectors from the entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound at Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday (July 25), hoping to calm days of violence, but the Palestinians said Israel's modified security measures were still unacceptable.
Israel installed the means at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police officers were fatally shot on July 14, setting off the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years.
The spike in tensions and the deaths of three Israelis and four Palestinians in violence on Friday and Saturday triggered international alarm and prompted the United Nations Security Council to convene a meeting to seek ways of calming the situation.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and the senior Muslim cleric who oversees Al-Aqsa compound both turned down the new Israeli measures and demanded that all of them be removed. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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