Night prayers outside Jerusalem's shrine end peacefully

Record ID: 904161

  • Title: Night prayers outside Jerusalem's shrine end peacefully
  • Date: 26th July 2017
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) HUNDREDS OF MUSLIM WORSHIPPERS HOLD NIGHT TIME PRAYERS OUTSIDE JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY LIONS GATE IN PROTEST AGAINST ISRAELI HEIGHTENED SECURITY AT ENTRANCES TO AL-AQSA MOSQUE COMPOUND VARIOUS OF MEN PRAYING ON STREET MOON MORE OF MEN AND BOYS PRAYING ON ROAD ISRAELI SECURITY MEN LOOKING AT PRAYING CROWD MORE OF ISRAELI SECURITY MEN IN FRONT OF WORSHIPPERS PRAYING MORE OF MEN PRAYING MEN PRAYING AND CHANTING "ALLAH" MORE OF ISRAELI BORDER POLICEMEN IN FRONT OF PRAYING WORSHIPPERS WORSHIPPERS DISPERSE CARS DRIVING ON ROAD
  • Embargoed: 9th August 2017 21:06
  • Keywords: Israeli-Palestinian conflict prayers outside Old City of Jerusalem Temple Mount-Noble Sanctuary Compound metal detectors outside al-Aqsa
  • Location: JERUSALEM
  • City: JERUSALEM
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016RCS093
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Muslim prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City Lions Gate ended peacefully on Wednesday night (July 26), after several nights of mass prayer protests that were followed by violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.
    The dispute over security at the al-Aqsa mosque compound - where Israel installed metal detectors at entry points after two police guards were shot dead this month - has touched off the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years.
    Hoping to calm days of unrest, Israel removed the metal detectors from the entrances to the compound and is expected to install advanced CCTV cameras instead, but Palestinians have said the modified measures are still unacceptable.
    The dispute, like many in the Holy Land, is about much more than security devices, taking in issues of sovereignty, religious freedom, occupation and Palestinian nationalism. Muslims refer to the compound as the Noble Sanctuary while Jews call it the Temple Mount.
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