Protesters at Israeli embassy in U.S. capital condemn security measures at al-Aqsa mosque

Record ID: 904449

  • Title: Protesters at Israeli embassy in U.S. capital condemn security measures at al-Aqsa mosque
  • Date: 28th July 2017
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JULY 28, 2017) (REUTERS) JEWISH PROTESTERS FROM NETUREI KARTA SECT OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY, HOLDING POSTERS IN THE RAIN VARIOUS OF MUSLIM PROTESTERS OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY PEOPLE PRAYING IN THE RAIN (SOUNDBITE) (English) OSAMA ABUIRSHAID, NATIONAL POLICY DIRECTOR, AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE, SAYING: "The Muslims will never give up on the Aqsa mosque and we're here to salute our brothers and sisters in Palestine for their perseverance after two weeks of peaceful demonstrations to defend the Aqsa on behalf of the Muslim Ummah (community), on behalf of justice." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PRAYING IN THE RAIN
  • Embargoed: 11th August 2017 20:29
  • Keywords: Israel Palestinians protest
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016RMVM87
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Groups of Muslim and Jewish demonstrators braved the rain in Washington, D.C. on Friday (July 28) to protest against tougher security measures put in place at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque. The measures, that were lifted a day earlier, prompted two weeks of violent Palestinian protest. In the U.S. capital, protesters offered prayers outside the Israeli embassy and expressed their solidarity with Palestinian residents.
    Tensions soared at the mosque, a raised marble-and-stone plaza referred to by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount, after two Israeli police officers were shot dead on July 14 by gunmen who had hidden weapons inside the Aqsa compound, prompting Israel to install metal detectors at the entrance to the site. A Muslim boycott ensued.
    Under immense diplomatic pressure Israel removed the metal detectors on Thursday, a move welcomed by the Arab world, but disturbances quickly resumed when thousands of Muslim worshippers surged back into the mosque.
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