New Clashes Shake Flashpoint Jerusalem Shrine

[drdon326]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/mideast_dc

Israeli police stormed the square outside the al-Aqsa mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites, to confront stone-throwing Palestinians on Friday amid heightened tensions over Israel's West Bank barrier.

The clash at the shrine, often a flashpoint, coincided with another spate of protests in the West Bank against the barrier, now under World Court review for cutting into occupied territory that Palestinians want for a state.

Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said officers had fired rubber bullets and tossed stun grenades after hundreds of Muslim worshippers "started rioting" at the end of Friday prayers within the shrine, which Muslims call al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and Jews revere as the Temple Mount.

He said police had mobilized to stop Palestinians in the sanctuary -- which covers a plateau in the Old City -- trying to stone worshippers standing below the compound at the Western Wall, which buttresses the hillside and is the most sacred site of Jewish prayer. Palestinians said police acted without provocation during the 30-minute clash.

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[drdon326]

1. Barrier for Peace

http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000291.html

good article.

[lefty_mcduff]

2. Ah yes,

Cox and Forkum. The bastion of unbiased reporting.

Quick inspection and it seems to me that this is a right-wing, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-democratic party, anti-kerry, anti-dean site.

Care to 'elaborate on why you're using this as a resource to quote. Mmmmm?

[drdon326]

3. Enjoy...

lol

[lefty_mcduff]

4. I'll probably save the bandwidth.

But thanks anyway.

[drdon326]

5. Perhaps...

you'll like these better.

http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000280.html

http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000262.html

"it seems to me that this is a right-wing, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-democratic party, anti-kerry, anti-dean site."

would you like a glass of wine while you chew on your words?? lol

[MikeGalos]

6. Dupe

Dupe of http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x55709

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[MikeGalos]

7. Don't you just love how...

hurling stones from the top of a 60 foot wall onto the heads of people praying in the square below becomes "stone-throwing"?

Pathetic.

[Lithos]

9. Locking

Please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x55709