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Clashes erupt in Jerusalem after Friday prayers

2014-10-24 116 Dailymotion

Israeli police clash with protesters in Jerusalem's Old City after Friday prayers, Palestinians hurling stones at police in the Wadi Joz neighborhood.<br/> <br />Security forces had already been heavily deployed in and around the city since the early morning.<br/> <br />Heightened security measures restricted entry to the Al-Aqsa mosque to women and men over 40.<br/> <br />The mosque is the third holiest shrine in Islam but it's located in a compound Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's most sacred site.<br/> <br />Tensions have been high in Jerusalem since the summer, even before the 50-day Gaza war that ended in August.<br/> <br />Friday's outburst of violence underscores a deepening division in this Israeli-occupied part of Jerusalem.

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