Posted on 10/25/2009 2:08:51 PM PDT by STARWISE
Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict.
A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields marched toward young men covering their faces with T-shirts and scarves, sending many of them running for cover into the Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the Islamic structures in the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
They remained holed up in the mosque with police outside for several hours until dispersing before nightfall. Eighteen protesters were arrested, and no serious injuries were reported. But even mild troubles at the disputed compound in Jerusalem's Old City can quickly ignite widespread unrest, and police remained on high alert.
"Jerusalem is a red line that Israel should not cross," said Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh, condemning the Israeli police action.
A visit to the site in 2000 by Ariel Sharon, then an Israeli opposition leader and later prime minister, helped ignite deadly clashes that escalated into violence that engulfed Israel and the Palestinian territories for several years.
Sunday's disturbances were rooted in calls from Muslim leaders for their followers to protect the Islamic sites from what they said were Israeli plots to damage them or let Jews pray in the compound. There was no evidence to support either claim.
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Sooner or later Israel will have to fight these people. Stop using stun grenades and star using real ones. Bring it on now before they are strong enough to win.
Ever notice that wherever Muslims go, violence follows?
Must be that f**king George Bush....
/sarcasm
Personally, I’m hoping for a “work accident.” It’s so much more...Biblical.
Show your faces, pussy boys!
I am so glad to be from Texas and not have to live in that hellhole over there. I must have been born under a lucky star or something. How a people can hate each other for centuries (millenia?) is beyond me.
I'd be willing to bet good money that these Muslim pr*cks have already caused structural damage to their own sites and are busy preparing the Israelis as the scapegoat for the inevitable collapse due to their own negligence. I can't for the life of me understand why the world just sits back and watches this crap unfold before their eyes.
Correct me if I’m wrong,but isn’t Israel supposed to be for the Jews and NOT the Muslims?
WTF are Muslims doing in Israel?
If the Israelis switched tactics, to having each stone thrower getting a .22 bullet in the groin from a police sniper, the protests would end real fast.
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