Outbreak of violence in Jerusalem

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Israel’s opening of a synagogue a few meters away from the Western Wall of Al Aqsa Mosque, on Islamic endowment land, was bound to be controversial.

Many Palestinians and, indeed Muslims worldwide, view the act as a sinister prelude to a final assault on Al Aqsa Mosque.  Last week’s approval by Benjamin Netanyahu of 1,600 new settler homes near East Jerusalem has contributed to the unrest.

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Thousands of Palestinians students demonstrated in university campuses in the Gaza Strip yesterday condemning the Israeli provocation and wave of arrests which followed the outbreak of violence in Jerusalem.

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MEMO Photographer: Mohammed Asad