Israel's uprising is not about social media or Iran, it is about the lack of a peace accord making Palestine a sovereign authority with it's own borders.
THAT IS IT IS ABOUT.
The party most responsible for the turmoil, unrest and violence is Israel.
October 23, 2015
By Associated Press
THAT IS IT IS ABOUT.
The party most responsible for the turmoil, unrest and violence is Israel.
October 23, 2015
By Associated Press
Jerusalem — The latest developments (click here) in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local).
2:50 p.m.
Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's holiest site, which has been ground zero for weeks of unrest, have ended peacefully.
It was the first time since violence erupted in mid-September that Muslims of all ages could attend the weekly Friday prayers at the Muslim-run site.
In recent weeks, police had barred younger Muslim men from the shrine, framing the restrictions as a security measure. Clashes between stone-throwers and security forces at the shrine, revered by Muslims and Jews, often involved teens and young men.
Azzam Khatib, the director of the Waqf — the Islamic religious authority that oversees the compound — said 25,000 worshippers attended, five times as many as the week before....