Clashes as Israeli soldiers storm Al-Aqsa compound

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: Al Jazeera

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns "attack" on Al-Aqsa following clashes at one of Islam's holiest sites.

Clashes have erupted after a number of Israeli soldiers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, police and witnesses said.
The Israeli security personnel used tear gas and stun grenades, as they entered the compound to arrest what they called Palestinian "stone throwers".

Omar Kiswani, the manager of Al-Aqsa Mosque, told Al Jazeera that 80 "Jewish settlers" protected by the Israeli police, attacked the mosque when confronted by Palestinian volunteer guards.

A statement issued by the Israeli police said that "masked protesters who were inside the mosque threw stones and fireworks at police".

A Muslim witness accused police of entering the mosque and causing damage, saying prayer mats were partially burned.

Clashes later continued outside the mosque complex, with police firing tear gas and stun grenades.

Israeli security forces closed the mosque's compound to worshippers following the clashes that come just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah.

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/israeli-soldiers-enter-al-aqsa-compound-150913053840074.html

[oberliner]

1. Police find pipe bombs on Temple Mount during clash

Israeli police on Sunday discovered pipe bombs during what they said was a preemptive operation at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Temple Mount, prompting one senior minister to warn that Israel would review measures at the site, which is holy to both Jew and Muslims.

The Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Egypt condemned the Israeli government for the incident. Police said it approached the compound to prevent an attempt to disrupt Jewish visits to the site.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan warned that the discovery of the pipe bombs “forces us to reconsider the arrangements for the Temple Mount.

“It is unacceptable that Muslim rioters who barricaded themselves during the night on the Temple Mount can, at will, turn this holy site into a battlefield, including throwing stones, shooting firecrackers directly at security forces, and even bringing explosive devices into the area of the mount,” he said.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/police-find-pipe-bombs-on-temple-mount-during-clash/

[6chars]

2. Arabs planned to explode pipe bombs at Jews on Temple Mount

(that's the headline) on Rosh Hashana.

Masked Arab rioters had prepared pipe bombs to be filled with explosives in a planned pogrom against Jews and non-Jewish tourists on the Temple Mount Sunday. Advanced intelligence helped police foil the attack, and law enforcement officers startled the Arabs shortly after dawn, as reported here.

Police spokesmen stated: Masked protesters who were inside the mosque threw stones and fireworks at police. Suspect pipes that could be filled with homemade explosives were also found at the entry to the [Al Aqsa] mosque. Police later removed any doubts that the objects were not pipe bombs.

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http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/arabs-planned-to-explode-pipe-bombs-at-police-on-temple-mount/2015/09/13/

[ForgoTheConsequence]

3. The Jewish Press is more right wing than Faux News.

Don't post that garbage here.

[6chars]

4. How about these - the police stopped a terrorist attack on Rosh Hashana

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.675801
Israeli security forces claim to find pipe bomb after entering flashpoint compound, clashing with Palestinian youths who barricaded themselves within Al-Aqsa Mosque

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34237219
The police said in a statement that masked youths within the mosque "threw stones and fireworks" and that pipe bombs had been found.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

5. Those are fine.

But it's very curious that your first post was from a far right rag that Reagan used to write for.......

[fingrin]

7. Terrorist attack?

"Arab rioters had prepared pipe bombs to be filled with explosives".
Its no coincidence that Israel ramps up the terror tactics before a Jewish holiday and says "Look there" Arab terrorists.
I'm not surprised Palestinians armed themselves after all this is all to common. 80 Settlers protected by the army? The last time settlers partied they fire bombed a house killing a family

[6chars]

12. planned attack

They had explosives onsite (the materials in firecrackers and molotov cocktails, for starters). Yes, the whole point of bringing pipe bombs to the Temple Mount is to use them there. I can't believe you think that's ok. People who are blinded by hatred of Israel to think anything terrorists do is ok and disarming them is an attack.

These young Muslim men were the ones ramping up the terror tactics. wanted to commit a terrorist attack on Jewish worshippers on Rosh Hashana. With that terror their goal was to get Israel to respond drastically, hoping to set off a religious war to bring ISIS types closer into the area. Of course the police had to disarm them.

[Lychee2]

15. "The Jewish press"?

You mean the Israeli press? Ha'aretz is not "more right wing" than Fox.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

17. No, I mean the JEWISH PRESS.

That's the newspaper that was linked. The article came from the website WWW.JEWISHPRESS.COM, The Jewish Press is a right wing newspaper.


Try reading through posts a few more times before you transfer your faux outrage to the keyboard.

[Lychee2]

18. My "faux outrage"?

I didn't express any outrage.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

19. Yes you did.

And you tried to frame me as being anti-semitic, insinuating that I was conflating or confusing "Jewish" and "Israeli".


You now have egg on your face, so feel free to apologize (after you familiarize yourself with different well known newspapers).

[Lychee2]

20. I didn't do any of that.

Anyone who reads my post can see that.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

26. WHO? ME?

[closeupready]

24. +1. Very obvious what he was doing.

[cpwm17]

8. Al-Aqsa mosque is in Palestine:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Al-Aqsa+Mosque/

The Israeli soldiers are illegal occupiers along with the "settlers." The illegal occupiers have far more sophisticated weapons than the Palestinians. This is so bizarre.

[oberliner]

9. It is in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem

Located within the grounds of the Temple Mount which is considered the holiest site in all of Judaism.

[Scootaloo]

10. Which is still not in Israel

Geography is not a difficult subject.

[6chars]

11. Stolen by Jordan in 1948-9

[Scootaloo]

13. Jerusalem lies beyond Israel's declared borders

Sorry 6chars, mythology and fact are often in conflict

[Mosby]

14. j'lem isn't in palestine either.

[Scootaloo]

16. Afraid it is, Mosby

See, "Palestine" comprises the territories of Mandate Palestine that fall outside the borders declared by Israel in 1948. Jerusalem is within that territory.

[Mosby]

21. not according to the un.

[Scootaloo]

22. The UN considers Jerusalem occupied territory. Along with the rest of Palestine.

[Mosby]

23. even the PLO disagrees with you

http://www.nad-plo.org/etemplate.php?id=33

[Scootaloo]

25. Please try reading the entirety of your link

[OneCrazyDiamond]

6. I have heard it expressed Al-Aqsa is a pontential WWIII starter.

I hope this incident calms down blood free.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

27. The Israeli fundy right wing want to rebuild the temple.

Guess who is now in the new Israeli government? The Israeli right wing peppered with bigitry and fundamentalist overtones.