Tension high in Jerusalem as Palestinians reject new security measures

Record ID: 904224

  • Title: Tension high in Jerusalem as Palestinians reject new security measures
  • Date: 26th July 2017
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) DOME OF THE ROCK ENTRANCE TO LIONS GATE VARIOUS OF SECURITY CAMERAS ISRAELI SECURITY GUARD CHECKING VEHICLES ISRAELI SECURITY GUARDS ISRAELI SECURITY GUARDS CHECKING VEHICLES DAMASCUS GATE ISRAELI SECURITY GUARDS PEOPLE WALKING PEOPLE IN CAFE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MARWAN NAKSHE, PALESTINIAN IN EAST JERUSALEM, SAYING: "Thank God, first of all, that they (referring to the Israelis) removed the metal detectors. But now we want them to remove the cameras and let people enter inside to pray, inside al-Aqsa. We want calm, we don't want problems." PEOPLE IN CAFE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAZID KALUTI, PALESTINIAN IN EAST JERUSALEM, SAYING: "In short, we will never accept the metal detectors and anything else of this sort, cameras or anything that might harm the al-Aqsa mosque and our religion, our ties to it and harm this pure holy place. We still hold our stand and we won't let anyone touch a single piece of this pure place." DOME OF THE ROCK (RIGHT) AND AL-AQSA MOSQUE (LEFT) DOME OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE OLD CITY AS SEEN FROM AFAR
  • Embargoed: 9th August 2017 07:12
  • Keywords: Israel Palestinians Al-Aqsa-Temple Mount compound Jerusalem Metal detectors removed Security cameras
  • Location: JERUSALEM
  • City: JERUSALEM
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016RCRYO7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Tensions remained high in Jerusalem on Wednesday (July 26) a day after Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City 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 spike in tensions and the deaths of three Israelis and four Palestinians in violence on Friday and Saturday raised international alarm and prompted a session of the United Nations Security Council to consider ways of defusing the crisis.
    The White House said in a statement late on Tuesday that it "applauds the efforts of Israel to maintain security while reducing tensions in the region."
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the senior Muslim cleric who oversees Al-Aqsa compound both dismissed the new Israeli measures and demanded all of them be removed.
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