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Israeli forces, Palestinians clash at Al-Aqsa
Published Friday 08/03/2013 (updated) 11/03/2013 09:54
A woman covers her face as a stun grenade fired by Israeli police
explodes nearby during clashes after Friday prayers at a compound
known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple
Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City March 8, 2013.(Reuters/Ammar Awad)
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian worshipers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, Israeli police said.

Dozens of Israeli officers entered the politically sensitive area, one of Islam's holiest sites, after several hundred protesters threw rocks and two firebombs at them following Friday prayers.

Israeli forces responded with riot dispersal means, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told Ma'an, and the area is now calm, although there is a heavy police presence in the vicinity.

Six Israeli police officers were injured by rocks. No Palestinians were injured or arrested during the clashes, Rosenfeld added.

Local sources told Ma'an that seven people were shot in the head with rubber bullets and two women assaulted by Israeli forces.




Human rights activist Muhammad Qarain told Ma'an that two journalists, Ata Oweisat and Mahfouth al-Turk, were wounded in the clashes.

A number of medics were also wounded while treating people in the area, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society said, and paramedic Obada Qawasmeh was arrested by Israeli forces.

The compound, containing the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, is the third holiest site in Islam and abuts the site where Jews believe the ancient Second Temple stood, attracting the far-right to pose the rebuilding of the Jewish site on the sanctuary.
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1 ) izzy / usa
08/03/2013 18:27
of course the clashed. It is the weekly after prayer protest. Makes me wonder what the clerics are preaching? love or hate
2 ) ABE / USA
08/03/2013 18:32
Round and Round we go!
3 ) ian / australia
08/03/2013 23:48
Why do soldiers enter the Haram? I don't get the logistics. WHERE do Palestinians throw rocks at them? Not ON the Haram. First, there aren't that many rocks, being largely paved and second, surely soldiers aren't THERE, waiting, during prayers! Entering the sanctuary is hugely provocative and escalating. It's run by the Waqf and is sovereign Palestine. It doesn't belong to Israel. It's in another country. They should keep out.
4 ) Anonymous / Israel
09/03/2013 21:53
Al aqsa is located in Jerusalem adjacently above the western wall, the Jews' holiest site. Shortly after the Friday afternoon prayer in the mosque, young Arab boys started throwing stones and other objects toward the western wall which could potentially injure the Israelis, not mentioning other Arabs who happened to be standing in that direction. At that point the border patrol and other police units entered the area in order to disperse the rioters.
5 ) ian / australia
10/03/2013 02:32
#4 If "young Arab boys" on the Haram threw rocks OVER the Western Wall endangering Jews below, the article doesn't mention it. The only rock throwing is AT soldiers (who are unlikely, in full riot gear, to be praying there!) (Also Kotel CCTV would have recorded it and it would have played round the world.) Seems to me IDF soldiers can't wait to storm the Haram, on ANY pretext and create havoc with stun grenades and tear gas. (I mean they store perspex riot shields in the Mughrabi ramp!)
6 ) ian / australia
10/03/2013 02:33
(contd.) Once there, they meet resistance. Why wouldn't they? People shout "Allahu Akbar!" and rise up as a reflex to protect the sanctuary! Well, I've got a corny idea. If Arab kids throw rocks (and G-d knows they SHOULDN'T and the Waqf should have guards there to prevent it) the IDF could knock on the door and politely ask them to stop. Waqf officials would instantly oblige. Instead of escalating with these outrageous incursions onto the holiest site of another sovereign state!
7 ) carine / UK
10/03/2013 14:11
Anonymous - correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Israel forbid males under the age of 45/50 to attend Friday prayers? Which makes me wonder how come young Arab boys were able to throw stones at the wailing wall?
8 ) maan / palestine
10/03/2013 21:47
anonymous, go and post your comment (your bullshit) somewhere else maaref for instance
9 ) Outlier / USA
11/03/2013 00:01
Seems to me Israel shows great restraint handling Al-Aqsa. While problematic on many levels, it could very well take over the Temple Mount completely.
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