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<strong><a href="http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/palestinians-arrested-after-provocative-israeli-tour-al-aqsa?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29" target="_blank">Published Thursday, February 23, 2012 Al Akhbar English</a></strong></p>
<p>Seven Palestinians were arrested on Thursday after Israeli forces sanctioned a contentious tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque site in Jerusalem that included settler extremists.</p>
<p>Around 65 Israelis, including some from illegal settler communities, were permitted to visit the site, despite warnings from Palestinian leaders that it would lead to conflict.</p>
<p>Worshippers responded by chanting religious slogans, with Israeli police arresting seven Palestinians.</p>
<p>Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the arrest.</p>
<p>He told official Palestinian agency WAFA that “this is a dangerous and provocative escalation that will have serious consequences.”</p>
<p>Abu Rudeineh called on the international community to force Israel to cease threatening the site.</p>
<p>Israel blamed protesters for the arrest, despite Palestinians airing strong reservations about the visit by radical Jewish settlers to Islam&#8217;s third holiest site in the world.</p>
<p>&#8220;A group of Jewish visitors were at the Temple Mount and were targeted by shouts and insults by Palestinians,&#8221; Israeli spokeswoman Luba Samri said, using the Jewish name for the holy site.</p>
<p>A senior Israeli politician&#8217;s call for Jews to take control of the mosque two weeks ago.</p>
<p>Likud politician Moshe Feiglin urged party activists to &#8220;purify the site from the enemies of Israel who stole the land and build the Third Temple on the ruins of the mosques,&#8221; according to The Jerusalem Post, referring to the ancient Temple of Solomon, the ruins of which are believed to lay under the mosque.</p>
<p>Following publication of the comments, hundreds of Palestinians marched to the site to defend it from any onslaught, with police forced to close it.</p>
<p>The Al-Aqsa compound is venerated by Jews as the site where King Herod&#8217;s temple once stood.</p>
<p>A rise in Jewish hate crimes towards Palestinians, otherwise dubbed as &#8216;price tag&#8217; attacks, has added to the tense climate.</p>
<p>In December, the 12th century Nebi Akasha mosque was set on fire by Jewish extremists, while Jerusalem churches have also come under attack.</p>
<p>(Al-Akhbar, AFP)</p>
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<p><strong>Ethnic cleansing &amp; Denial of Palestinian identity – <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/blog4quds-al-quds-ethnic-cleansing-and-denial-of-the-palestinian-identity-video/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">Special Topic</span></a></span></span></strong><br />
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<strong>More Information about Al-Aqsa Under Threats (<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="//www.foa.org.uk/uploads/LF_119_AMUA.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">PDF</span></a></span></span>)</strong><br />
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