Clashes between protesters and Israeli police near the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City have continued for a second consecutive day on Monday.
Israeli police arrested over a dozen Palestinians after a policeman and a Jewish youth were injured in violent confrontations on and near the Haram Al Sharif/Temple Mount compound, holy to both Jews and Muslims.
Masked Palestinian protesters attacked the Israeli police with stones and metal rods as they entered the site, Israel’s Channel 2 reported.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said he will hold emergency consultations over the clashes that began on Sunday when a violent confrontation erupted between the police and rioters near the mosque.
The police were pelted with rocks and stones near the mosque and unleashed stun grenades and tear gas on the rioters, who barricaded themselves inside the mosque. Several home made pipe bombs were discovered in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa mosque and are being examined by the police. » | Inna Lazareva, Tel Aviv | Monday, September 14, 2015
