| Submit your comments on this article | ||
| Israel-Palestine-Jordan | ||
| Temple Mount clashes continue for third day | ||
| 2015-09-16 | ||
[Ynet] Third day of rioting sees Paleostinians barricading themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque, throwing stones, concrete blocks, fireworks at security forces.
Jerusalem Police said: "Following intelligence collected by the Shin Bet and the police regarding Arab youths, some with their faces covered, who barricaded themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem Police organized additional security forces at the entrance to the Temple Mount, who are prepared for any eventuality as has been done throughout the entire holiday. According to police, the youths inside the mosque collected stones and fireworks and set up barricades to prevent closing the entrance, using shoe racks, iron rods, and rope tied to the doors of the mosque, and other methods. As soon as the Temple Mount was opened to visitors on Tuesday morning, police said, rioters began throwing stones towards the Mughrabi Bridge. Police and border guards then entered the Temple Mount area, at which point the rioters fled inside the mosque and began throwing dozens of stones, concrete blocks, and fireworks at security forces. A Molotov cocktail was also thrown at security forces, setting wooden beams on fire. Security forces began dismantling the barricades at the entrance to the mosque and shut the door with the rioters still inside. Visits by Jews and tourists began on time and without disturbances. Later in the day, police jugged I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! an Arab man suspected of attacking two Jewish youths in the morning in the Old City. He expeditiously departed at a goodly pace, but was detained after police said they recognized him on security footage. Khaled Mashal, head of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,'s political bureau, had a phone conversation with Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... regarding events at the Temple Mount. Violence erupted beyond the Temple Mount. In the early afternoon, around 170 Paleostinians were rioting and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the border fence next to Tul Karm, more than 100 kilometers from Jerusalem. At least nine people were arrested at the Temple Mount on Monday morning during rioting. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |