Clashes Erupt At Jerusalem Holy Site

Outrage Over Contentious Israeli Renovation Work Near Al-Aqsa Mosque

(CBS/AP)  Hundreds of angry worshippers threw stones at police and scuffled with them on Friday in an eruption of outrage over contentious Israeli renovation work at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem's Old City.

CBS News correspondent Robert Berger reports police threw stun grenades as a few dozen protesters barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque.

About 200 police streamed on to the hilltop compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, to try to quell the violence, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

Several dozen protesters barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque at the compound, which is Islam's third-holiest site.

Live video from the area showed stun grenades landing amid gathered protesters, who scattered as the police moved onto the scene.

It was not immediately clear whether Israeli forces had entered the mosque, a move which would ignite furor across the Muslim world.

Several injured people were seen being taken from the scene on stretchers.

Israeli security forces had tripled their usual numbers around Jerusalem's Old City Friday morning as the city braced for possible riots during Muslim prayers at the Holy Land's most contentious religious site.

Jerusalem police chief Ilan Franco told Israel Radio that around 3,000 security officers were posted around the city because of "intelligence indications" that disturbances could erupt over Israeli repair work on an earthen ramp leading to the hilltop compound.

Israeli authorities promised that the plan to replace a centuries-old ramp damaged in a 2004 snowstorm would not damage the compound, about 60 yards way. But when work began earlier this week, it drew fierce protests in the Arab world, where many leaders accused Israel of plotting to harm Muslim holy sites.

Friday prayers at the site, attended by thousands of Muslims every week, often have been a flashpoint for clashes.

Around 50 Palestinians protesting the work scuffled with police in east Jerusalem ahead of the prayers Friday, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. In the West Bank town of Hebron, teenagers threw stones at soldiers, who responded with tear gas. There were no injuries in either incident.

On Thursday, a fiery Islamic leader appealed to fellow Israeli Arabs and Muslims around the world to rise up against the Israeli renovations.

"The aggression happening now is a tragedy, a crime," Raed Salah, a leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, told The Associated Press. He accused Israel of declaring "a regional, religious war."

Israeli officials have said Muslim radicals are using the renovation work as a pretext to stoke anger against Israel. Speaking during a visit to Spain Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni accused "political extremists" of trying to "exploit this situation."

On Friday, though, a prominent Israeli archeologist weighed in against the project.

Meir Ben-Dov, who has led excavations near the Temple Mount, said the existing ramp should be renovated rather than replaced. The government, he added, lacked the proper construction permits.

"There is no reason to take any action there," Ben-Dov told Israel Radio.

An Israeli government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the construction project, rejected Ben-Dov's claim, saying "all legal issues are being addressed." The new ramp was needed because the old one is unsafe, the official said.

The compound, home to the golden-capped Dome of the Rock shrine and Al Aqsa mosque, is the third-holiest site for Muslims, who believe that it is where the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. For Palestinians and Israeli Arabs, it is also a focal point of national pride.

The compound is sacred to Jews as the site of their biblical temples.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said entrance to the Friday prayers would be restricted. West Bank Palestinians would be barred, as would Israeli Arab and east Jerusalem men under 45, he said.

Israel has controlled the compound since the 1967 Mideast War, but has left the administration of its Muslim holy sites largely to the Palestinians and Jordan.

In another major development, Palestinian factions have agreed to a national unity government in which the ruling Islamic militant group Hamas and rival Fatah faction will share power, Berger reports.

Israel has given a cool reaction to the Palestinian agreement, however, saying it must meet three international conditions: recognition of Israel, renunciation of violence and accepting previous peace agreements.

Berger says the new government falls short of that — it says it will "respect" previous peace agreements but there is no mention of recognizing Israel or renouncing violence.

[bluestardad]

How is this of any interest to the American People?

[pwrslm]

This place isnt mentioned one time in the Koran or the Hadith.

Arabs are using legends to deny Israel its right to its ancient homelands and the Temple Mound.

Israel should have kept it when they had it in 67.

[tuckerndfw]

Who cares?

The "international community" should nuke Israel and end the entire discussion.

[tuckerndfw]

The bible is a book of myths and legends.

Jews, Christians & Muslims ALL use myths and legends to justify their murdering, lying and stealing.

Atheists from the former Soviet Union & E. Europe (most Israelis) have no legitimate claim to land in the Middle East unless they bought it from its rightful owner.

Which disqualifies most Israelis from claiming they own any land in the Middle East. Murdering the owners and stealing their land is not a legal transaction. It is a crime.

[pwrslm]

The Bible?

Actually, textural criticism of the Bible more than aptly demonstrates that its not legend.

Get you ducks together before you try that one, you come off clueless and without anything to show us.

There have been Hebrew/Israeli's/Jews in Isreal that have maintained a continuous presence and culture for 3500 years. Its no legend, its a fact that you must have overlooked (intentionally?). Wake up and smell the coffee.

The simple truth.

[tuckerndfw]

"Textural criticism"? What is that supposed to mean as relates to the myths and legends contained within?

Odd how no other civilization had any awareness of a "mighty Hebrew empire" as told in the bible.

Nor is there anything of substance that confirms any of the bible stories, including the Jesus myths.

"Jews" have NOT maintained a continual presence in Israel for 3,500 years because Israel has not existed for 3,500 years. Unless you are referring to some imaginary Israel.

The Roman Empire prohibited "Jews" (Hebrews) from occupying Jerusalem or surrounding areas beginning in 135 CE. "Jews" were only allowed to return when Muslims gained control of Jerusalem and invited "Jews" to return.

I'll bet Muslims regret inviting "Jews" to return to Jerusalem.

"Jew" referred to residents/citizens of Judah. It is highly unlikely that the majority of Israelis are in any way related to people who were called "Jews" during the last occupation of Judah nearly 2,000 years ago.

Your comments are factually inaccurate.

As is the bible.

[pwrslm]

Obviously your inability to demonstrate even a twinkling of knowledge on this issue confirms your lack of qualifications for this level of debate.

May I suggest the local Mosque, or maybe the Klan, perhaps even a white supremacist Nazi group?

If thats all you can bring to this debate, then you shouldnt have even come at all. Its like bringing a knife to a gun fight. You lost before you got here.

[lpcgraham06]

*** F**K THE BIBLE ***

[tuckerndfw]

In other words, you cannot respond to the facts so must resort to ad hominem attacks hoping to change the subject from your original inaccurate remarks.

Ad hominem attacks mean you cannot defend your position.

Which I knew when I read your remarks.

The bible is a book of myths and legends.

And, Israelis are murderous land thieves who use those myths & legends to their advantage. Living in condos at US taxpayer expense sure beats living in the slums they created in E. Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Praise Jesus for stupid people.

[lpcgraham06]

tuckerndfw

F**K THE BIBLE

[lpsuperman]

pcgraham06 go to hell yor the devil (`_')

[lpcgraham06]

F%$K ThE jEwS

[lars008-2009]

ISLAM EMPTIES BETHLEHEM OF CHRISTIANS
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printab
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36406

'Greedy monsters' ruled church

SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BETHLEHEM, West Bank %u2014 The Palestinian gunmen holed up in the Church of the Nativity and later deported by Israel seized church stockpiles of food and "ate like greedy monsters" until the food ran out, while more than 150 civilians went hungry.
They also guzzled beer, wine and Johnnie Walker scotch that they found in priests' quarters, undeterred by the Islamic ban on drinking alcohol.
Angry Orthodox priests yesterday showed two reporters about 20 empty bottles of whiskey, champagne, vodka, cognac and French wine on a kitchen shelf and on the floor of two rooms.
"They should be ashamed of themselves. They acted like animals, like greedy monsters. Come, I will show you more," said one priest, who declined to give his name.
"Palestinians took candelabra, icons and anything that looked like gold," said a Franciscan, the Rev. Nicholas Marquez from Mexico.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020515-89391238.htm

[pwrslm]

Actually, you are repeating the same rhetorical stuff they push on Nazi, Muslim and KKK sites.

Why would I have to defend anything against the distribution of propoganda from those places?

Obviously, you seem to think you have posted something worth debate, but there is proof all over the net that shows the lie, and its sources.

Most mature people already recognize these facts.

But you dont. Do a bit of research, bring something of substance to the table, not garbage.

[lpsuperman]

two out of seven not bad
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[lpsuperman]

hell yeah the south will rise again... lets sing dixie!!!

[lars008-2009]

nuke mecca... it is the fascist nazi islamic muslims that are killing civilians all over the world.....

NUKE MECCA OPTION
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/129759

Chirac threatens nuke terror for terrorism
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/73926

Chirac: Nuclear Response to Terrorism Is Possible
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903311.html?nav=hcmodule

[lpsuperman]

lpcgraham06


quit correcting my sshit biach...

[grumpas]

Why anyone bother's with that pile of rock in the desert is beyond me! I wouldn't give you a dime for the whole mess! It's as dumb as getting hostile over someone's religion. Who cares??????

[lpsuperman]

lars008

whats 008 stand for yyour age or your ique

[lpsuperman]

grumpas
hey pops shut the f*** up!!!

[lars008-2009]

I NO LONGER SUPPORT THE OCCUPATION

The real %u2018occupation%u2019
1300 years of Arab occupation

Arabs, whose home is Arabia, have occupied and brutalized for centuries.

During that time, non muslims have...

been murdered en masse
had their land stolen
their holy places destroyed and desecrated
been sold into slavery
their women raped
their children butchered


and the arabs have the nerve to whine about "occupation" when non muslims fight back

I NO LONGER SUPPORT ISLAM OCCUPATION

[tuckerndfw]

There are far more people who reject the bible as an accurate account of history than those who accept it as such.

But, have it your way. If your delusions make you happy, it's okay with me.

However, everything I stated can be easily verified using your favorite search engine.

And, your claims are easily refuted using the same method.

[lpsuperman]

pwrslm
hey dicck face shut the helllll up

[beehive21-2009]

Have you people lost your minds ? or are you demosratating a good brainwash ? Fighting over nothing mature people acting like spoiled children,shame on you.Please mellow out work together show your children good not evil ,stop doing Satanic work,try helping someone today.

[lpsuperman]

lars008
hey i said shut up

[lpcgraham06]

lpsuperman

i said shut up

[lpsuperman]

by beehive21
quit being a sissy and join the fight hoe!!!!

[lars008-2009]

so many fascist nazi pisslamic mudscums pretending to be liberal americans......... hahahahahaha

[lpcgraham06]

lpsuperman
quit being a sissy and join the fight hoe!!!!

[pwrslm]

making up claims that are unsubstantiated is atypical of propoganda

is this the best ya got?

[djberson]

Leaders worldwide are so busy speaking of how essential it is for a State of Palestine to be founded that none of them seems to have noticed that it already exists. This state was officially founded in the summer of 2005, when Israel removed its military forces and civilian population from the Gaza Strip and so established the first wholly independent Palestinian state in history.Israel's destruction of four Israeli communities in Northern Samaria and curtailment of its military operations in the area set the conditions for statehood in that area as well. And so it is that as statesmen and activists worldwide loudly proclaim their commitment to establishing the sovereign State of Palestine, they miss the fact that Palestine exists. And it is a nightmare. In the State of Palestine 88 percent of the public feels insecure. Perhaps the other 12 percent are members of the multitude of regular and irregular militias. For in the State of Palestine the ratio of police/militiamen/men-under-arms to civilians is higher than in any other country on earth.In the State of Palestine, two-year-olds are killed and no one cares. Children are woken up in the middle of the night and murdered in front oftheir parents.Worshipers in mosques are gunned down by terrorists who attend competing mosques. And no one cares. No international human rightsgroups publish reports calling for an end to the slaughter. No UN body condemns anyone or sends a fact-finding mission to investigate the murders.

[pwrslm]

"However, everything I stated can be easily verified using your favorite search engine. "


Thats a lie.

[lars008-2009]

Terrorism Awareness Project to wake up Americans and the World....
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/islamic-mein-kampf

buy yourself a sense of humor you fascist nazi Islamic muslims%u2026
http://www.henryk-broder.de/tagebuch/karikaturisten.html

[lpcgraham06]

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[djberson]

In the State of Palestine, women are stripped naked and forced to march in the streets to humiliate their husbands. Ambulances are stopped on the way to hospitals and wounded are shot in cold blood. Terrorists enter operating rooms in hospitals and unplug patients from life-support machines.In the State of Palestine, people are kidnapped from their homes in broad daylight and in front of the television cameras. This is the case because the kidnappers themselves are cameramen. Indeed, their commanders often run television stations. And because terror commanders run television stations in the State of Palestine, it should not be surprising that they bomb the competition's television stations. SO IT WAS that last week, terrorists from this group or that group bombed Al Arabiya television station in Gaza. And so it is that Hamas attacks Fatah radio announcers and closes down their radio station claiming that they use their microphones to incite murder. Because indeed, they are inciting murder. What would one expect for terrorists to do when placed in charge of a radio station?

[lpcgraham06]

***

[lpsuperman]

djberson
hey your f^^k face
wat dose that mean???

[lpcgraham06]

djberson shutup
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[lars008-2009]

here's your enemy skippy..... try to remember that..... there will be a test later....

UK TV AIRS SHOCK 'UNDERCOVER' LOOK INTO MAINSTREAM BRIT MOSQUES...

Dispatches: Undercover Mosque

This is part one of the much-anticipated UK Channel 4 documentary Dispatches: Undercover Mosque, exposing evidence of Islamic supremacism, shocking misogyny, and support for violence at a number of Britain%u2019s leading mosques and Muslim institutions. (Thanks again to LGF operative kasper.)

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24018_Dispatches-_Undercover_Mosque&only

'Obsession'
Documentary gives insight into radical Islam%u2019s global threat
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launchPage.html?110506/110506_fnl_obsession&%27Obsession%27&FNL&Documentary%20gives%20insight%20into%20radical%20Islam%92s%20global%20threat&Foxlife&-1&%27Obsession%27&Video%20Launch%20Page&News

http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/12min.htm
http://myspace.com/waragainstthewest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BL4-mxE87w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUpcpEQtgp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BUqXSeCDJc
this is the real threat to humanity.....
http://stopislam.cjb.net/

[djberson]

Leaders worldwide are so busy speaking of how essential it is for a State of Palestine to be founded that none of them seems to have noticed that it already exists. This state was officially founded in the summer of 2005, when Israel removed its military forces and civilian population from the Gaza Strip and so established the first wholly independent Palestinian state in history.Israel's destruction of four Israeli communities in Northern Samaria and curtailment of its military operations in the area set the conditions for statehood in that area as well. And so it is that as statesmen and activists worldwide loudly proclaim their commitment to establishing the sovereign State of Palestine, they miss the fact that Palestine exists. And it is a nightmare. In the State of Palestine 88 percent of the public feels insecure. Perhaps the other 12 percent are members of the multitude of regular and irregular militias. For in the State of Palestine the ratio of police/militiamen/men-under-arms to civilians is higher than in any other country on earth.In the State of Palestine, two-year-olds are killed and no one cares. Children are woken up in the middle of the night and murdered in front oftheir parents.Worshipers in mosques are gunned down by terrorists who attend competing mosques. And no one cares. No international human rightsgroups publish reports calling for an end to the slaughter. No UN body condemns anyone or sends a fact-finding mission to investigate the murders.

[lpcgraham06]

lpsuperman
hey your f^^k face
wat dose that mean???

[lpsuperman]

djberson

id pay to see that

[djberson]

In the State of Palestine, women are stripped naked and forced to march in the streets to humiliate their husbands. Ambulances are stopped on the way to hospitals and wounded are shot in cold blood. Terrorists enter operating rooms in hospitals and unplug patients from life-support machines.In the State of Palestine, people are kidnapped from their homes in broad daylight and in front of the television cameras. This is the case because the kidnappers themselves are cameramen. Indeed, their commanders often run television stations. And because terror commanders run television stations in the State of Palestine, it should not be surprising that they bomb the competition's television stations. SO IT WAS that last week, terrorists from this group or that group bombed Al Arabiya television station in Gaza. And so it is that Hamas attacks Fatah radio announcers and closes down their radio station claiming that they use their microphones to incite murder. Because indeed, they are inciting murder. What would one expect for terrorists to do when placed in charge of a radio station?

[lars008-2009]

NEVER FORGET THE RAPES OF BESLAN GIRLS!
Terror at Beslan
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1316935651894423094

RAPES IN BESLAN: IN MUHAMMAD%u2019S FOOTSTEPS
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic04/NewsST091304.html

Forget Not the Children of Beslan
http://kenlydell.typepad.com/islamic_evil/forget_not_the_children_of_beslan/index.html

[lpcgraham06]

http://www.infowars.com

[lpcgraham06]

lars008

raped his son

[lpcgraham06]

hay ru$ty shup up

[lars008-2009]

when will fascist nazi pisslam ban raping babies and animals????? right haji????

Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
http://www.homa.org/default.asp?TOCID=2083225445
http://profiles.yahoo.com/arabgoatsspeakout
Man forced to marry goat in southern Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm
CBC head quits after defecation, bestiality remarks
Guy Fournier created an uproar in Canada's Lebanese community and in the media when he claimed that Lebanon allowed men to have sexual relations with female animals, but reserved the death penalty for those who did so with male animals.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-09-20T122515Z_01_N19422715_RTRUKOC_0_US-CBC1.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

[pwrslm]

" No UN body condemns anyone or sends a fact-finding mission to investigate the murders"

The do though.

The problem is, the body is all pro Muslim and the PA controls thier movement (when the UN members are not Arab and sympathetic to Muslim control of all of Palestine). The PA under Arafat appointed journalists, and killed journalists, who didnt comply with thier requirements to report specific information. They are all crooks in other words, and the PA/UN in the ME is no better than the Mafia was in Italy.