Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police right outside Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, have reignited ahead of planned Jewish nationalist march.
The event marks Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem and usually sees hundreds of flag-waving Israeli youth make their way through muslim areas, celebrating and singing patriotic songs, an act regarded by many Palestinians as a deliberate provocation.
This year’s march would be taking place in the final days of the Islamic month of Ramadan.
The latest violence follows days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the nearby Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem. More than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response.
The land on which the al-Aqsa mosque sits is known by Jews as the Temple Mount and Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary). Jews revere it as the location of two Biblical Temples and as the holiest site in Judaism.
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