Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tries to rein in Al-Aqsa mosque vitriol

It was one of the bloodiest attacks in recent violence in which Palestinian attackers killed 11 Israelis.

“For Palestinians, increasing Jewish interest in and presence on the [Al-Aqsa] esplanade portends the too familiar”, read a June report released by the global Crisis Group, which specialises in political analysis.

JERUSALEM (AP) – An Israeli hospital says a dual Israeli-American citizen critically wounded in a Palestinian attack two weeks ago has died of his wounds.

Israeli and Jordanian officials said Tuesday that new surveillance cameras should be installed within days at the walled Jerusalem shrine at the epicenter of Israeli-Palestinian violence, with the goal of streaming the footage live on the Internet for maximum transparency.

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has called for worldwide protection for Palestinians in the occupied territories against a background of continuing bloodshed and the absence of any hope for the renewal of peace negotiations any time soon.

Ahmad also accused the United States, Europe, Russia, and even a few Muslim states of “killing Muslims everywhere” and that the “armies of the Islamic nations are our guns” against them.

Since October 1, at least 55 Palestinians, half of whom Israel says were assailants, have been shot and killed by Israelis at the scene of attacks or during protests in the West Bank and Gaza.

After the 1967 Middle East war, Israel expanded Jerusalem’s municipal borders by annexing parts of the West Bank to the city. Asked whether residency rights were included, he said the matter “deserves a serious discussion”.

The 1993 agreement created the Palestinian Authority (PA) and led to a partial Israeli withdrawal but an intensification of settlement activity.

Israel’s prime minister lashed out at an Arab lawmaker Wednesday for flouting a directive and visiting the sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is at the heart of the recent round of unrest, as the five-week long outbreak of violence that has plagued the region continued. 12 other Palestinians sustained burns during clashes in the West Bank. Israel has constantly denied the rumors.

The proposal was first introduced by Jordan’s King Abdullah II and accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to decrease tensions at the holy site.

PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called the idea of cameras, which was proposed under the direction of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a “trap”.

Netanyahu has welcomed the plan, saying the cameras will prove that Israel is not doing anything wrong at the site.

Mr Netanyahu said that in accordance with his directive, the police moved Mr Ghattas away from the compound. “When a decision is made it will be implemented with coordination and approval of all the relevant parties”, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.