JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israeli police are patrolling Jerusalem's most volatile shrine, a day after fierce clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Source: AP
- The hilltop compound claimed by both Arabs and Jews was quiet Monday, but there was a massive police presence on high alert.
- On Sunday, officers armed with batons and stun grenades faced off against masked Palestinians hurling rocks and plastic chairs.
- Conflicting claims to the plateau, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, lie at the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
- In the past, even low-level scuffles there have degenerated into drawn-out conflicts.
- Israel has controlled the site since 1967, but has left day-to-day administration to a Muslim clerical body.
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