Violence flares in East Jerusalem - Day Of Rage

Violence flares in East Jerusalem - Day Of Rage

english.aljazeera.net

Palestinians have clashed with Israeli police in two areas of occupied East Jerusalem after Palestinian groups called for a "day of rage" over the reopening of a synagogue in the Old City.

Palestinians threw stones at Israeli police who responded with stun grenades in the Shuafat and Essawiyya neighbourhoods early on Tuesday.

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So sad to see the chaos our world is in today. These protests are in large part due to the prevention of allowing access to Holy sites. It looks like daily things are escalating especially in the Middle-East. At least 90 people were already wounded in these protests. It is also reported that 8 Israeli Officers were injured, and made over 60 arrests. There was a lot of news about this topic yesterday so I thought it would be nice for an update.

Here is a new video from the Day of Rage's events.


And here is what the White House thinks.



english.aljazeera.net
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[edit on 16-3-2010 by Smell The Roses]