I also don't recall Israel taking strategic positions on the mosque before either. I can understand why that would be upsetting to Saudi Arabia. A place or worship should be a sanctuary and not a place of violence.
Israeli police officers take positions on the roof of the Al-Aqsa mosque during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2015. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
Jeddah: (click here) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has condemned Israel for its blatant attacks on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The king has spoken on phone with US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to express his concerns over Israel’s actions.
He called on the UN Security Council to take urgent measures to stop the violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque, protect the Palestine people and holy sites, and ensure Israel grants Palestinians sovereignty, according to the SPA.
He said the attacks violate the sanctity of religions, and contribute to extremism and violence in the world. The Saudi government would hold the Israelis fully responsible for the aggression, the report stated....
Today is Palestines' Day of Rage.
18 September 2015
By Peter Beaumont
Israeli border guard during clashes with Palestinians near the West Bank settlement Beit El, north of Ramallah. Photograph: Abbas Momani
Israel (click here) has announced an emergency call-up of police reserves amid an escalation in violent confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians that saw seven Palestinians and three Israeli policemen wounded on Friday.
Following days of tension around Jerusalem’s flashpoint religious site known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif and revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, Israel deployed hundreds of extra police around the city for Friday prayers.
The latest violence – both in the West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem – has come after three days of rioting earlier this week which followed a raid by Israeli police on the al-Aqsa mosque.
It comes too as Israel’s prime minister has warned that he is seeking to give security forces greater latitude to use live fire against Palestinian stone throwers, a threat that has been echoed by several other prominent Israeli politicians and condemned by human rights groups....
Israeli police officers take positions on the roof of the Al-Aqsa mosque during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2015. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)Jeddah: (click here) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has condemned Israel for its blatant attacks on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The king has spoken on phone with US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to express his concerns over Israel’s actions.
He called on the UN Security Council to take urgent measures to stop the violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque, protect the Palestine people and holy sites, and ensure Israel grants Palestinians sovereignty, according to the SPA.
He said the attacks violate the sanctity of religions, and contribute to extremism and violence in the world. The Saudi government would hold the Israelis fully responsible for the aggression, the report stated....
Today is Palestines' Day of Rage.
18 September 2015
Israeli border guard during clashes with Palestinians near the West Bank settlement Beit El, north of Ramallah. Photograph: Abbas Momani
Israel (click here) has announced an emergency call-up of police reserves amid an escalation in violent confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians that saw seven Palestinians and three Israeli policemen wounded on Friday.
Following days of tension around Jerusalem’s flashpoint religious site known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif and revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, Israel deployed hundreds of extra police around the city for Friday prayers.
The latest violence – both in the West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem – has come after three days of rioting earlier this week which followed a raid by Israeli police on the al-Aqsa mosque.
It comes too as Israel’s prime minister has warned that he is seeking to give security forces greater latitude to use live fire against Palestinian stone throwers, a threat that has been echoed by several other prominent Israeli politicians and condemned by human rights groups....
