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2022-04-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Temple Mount prayers for last Friday of Ramadan end peacefully after morning clashes
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What followed after the early morning excitements reported yesterday — such a strong contrast as to suggest that recent Al Quds festivities are more in the way of performance art to justify the investment of Iran, et al than meaningful actions.
Tens of thousands of Paleostinians worshipped at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on the last Friday afternoon of the fasting month of Ramadan after early morning festivities again erupted at the flashpoint holy site. The Islamic Waqf that administers the compound estimated that some 160,000 people attended prayers. Afterward, hundreds of Paleostinians protested in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine waving Paleostinian and Islamic flags, but there were no immediate reports of fresh violence.
Following a security assessment after the prayers, Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai vowed that police would remain vigilant.
"The actions of the police during Ramadan and during the Friday prayers prove that we are determined not to let any bully boy elements break the peace and undermine the freedom of worship," he said.
He said a heavy police presence would remain in the city "ready for any scenario."
While Israel has repeatedly said it has acted with restraint, the Paleostinian Authority on Friday accused Israel of fomenting unrest.
"What restraint are they talking about? Every day forces go into the compound, beat people, fire rubber bullets and tear gas at worshipers, and this Israel calls restraint? said a Paleostinian foreign ministry statement.
Earlier Friday, fighting broke out between Paleostinians and police on the Temple Mount, which has seen recurring festivities in recent weeks. Paleostinians at the contested Jerusalem holy site threw rocks and launched fireworks toward officers and the Western Wall, located beneath the mount, which police said led them to enter the compound to disperse the rioters. At least one stone thrown by the rioters landed in the Western Wall prayer area, police said. Masked men also waved the flag of the Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, terror group, launched fireworks and chanted, "We’ll sacrifice our lives for al-Aqsa."
The festivities ended around an hour after they began when other Paleostinians in the compound intervened, convincing the stone throwers and the police to pull back.
The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said 42 people were hurt, 22 of whom were taken to the hospital. None of the injuries were serious, according to the Red Islamic Thingy.
Police announced three people were arrested, two for throwing rocks and one suspected of inciting a mob.
"For the past hour, the site has been quiet and (Moslem) worshipers are safely entering (the compound)" police said after the festivities.
Over the past two weeks, nearly 300 Palestinians have been injured in clashes at the Al-Aqsa compound.
Mostly the annoyances of tear gas, one assumes. 
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