Israel braces for post Friday prayers violence after terrorist group Hamas calls for riots.(TOI).
Police were bracing for another heated day in the capital Friday surrounding Muslim prayers on the Temple Mount. Authorities decided, after receiving information on impending riots, that they would limit entrance to the site.
Security forces were spread out in increased numbers throughout the Old City and East Jerusalem, and only men over the age of 35 were being allowed into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound due to intelligence on Palestinian youths’ intentions to foment unrest there. Women of all ages were allowed access.
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies in Jerusalem on Thursday night, calling for a widespread operation to root out violence in the capital.
“A government that does not know how to regain deterrence and sovereignty and provide security for its citizens in their capital does not have a right to exist,” said the right-wing Jewish Home party leader.
“When did we become a nation of defense? Concrete barriers, fences and Iron Domes, security personnel on every corner, bomb shelters for every child — it’s time we carried out a ‘Defensive Shield’ in our capital,” added Bennett, referring to the 2002 extensive IDF operation at the height of the Second Intifada, which did much to destroy the West Bank’s terror infrastructure and reduce terror attacks against Israel.
Security officials said Friday they had arrested a rioter who was a former prisoner released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal, and whose actions were in direct violation of the conditions of his release.
The man, a 40-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Tsur Baher, was detained overnight after being identified as a central instigator in a group of rioters. Officials said he would be brought before judges later in the day. Hmmm....You can't make peace with religious extremists trying to kill you.Read the full story here.
#Hamas urges #Palestinians in the #WestBank to march after the Friday prayers in protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from '#Zionist siege.'
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