Israel arrests 39 after clashes in Jerusalem and West Bank

Gold also cited Hamas and the Islamic movement of Northern Israel as responsible for revving up Palestinians to clash with Israeli police in the religious compound.

On the streets near Qalandia checkpoint in the West Bank, Palestinian men and boys of all ages are getting ready.

He blamed the Israeli occupation for its “aggressive” measures as it keeps provoking Palestinians and Muslims. About a dozen Israelis have been wounded in the violence over the past week.

Further unrest occurred on Friday in the occupied West Bank and sporadically in Jerusalem. Israeli troops fired tear gas and deployed a water cannon to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian youths. About 20 were lightly hurt in clashes with Israeli soldiers, it said.

Palestinians also clashed with Israeli forces in Hebron, Qalandia and elsewhere.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said eight Palestinians were seriously hurt after being shot by live rounds. The compound has seen frequent outbreaks of violence as a result.

Believed to be where the Prophet Mohammed made his night journey to heaven, it is the third-holiest site in Islam.

“The events witness exacerbate the desperation of Palestinians in light of the lack of a political horizon giving them hope to establish a Palestinian state on all Palestinian national territories with East Jerusalem as its capital”, he continued.

Tensions have been running high in Jerusalem since Israel banned two Muslim groups which confront Jewish visitors to the compound.

Netanyahu stated that “Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo” on the Temple Mount.

Tensions have been growing in Jerusalem over the past few weeks, and reached a peak over the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana, when police stormed a site that is holy to Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem’s Old City after they said they had intelligence that young men were planning to barricade themselves inside.

“The demonstration was held without our approval and without a permit from the police and so I demanded it end immediately”, Ganaim said, according to the Hebrew-language Maariv website.

Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount.

The United Nations Security Council is expressing “grave concern” in response to the violence calling for restraint and calm. Since then the group has been firing amateur rockets at Israel to put pressure on Hamas to release its members. “This will not be limited to the holy city, but it will affect the whole world“, he warned. He also spoke with Abbas concerning the developments.

According to Channel 10, the rocket struck the front yard of a home in Sderot, causing light damage to the residence and a bus that was parked nearby. Nobody was hurt.

Israeli fighter jets launched two attacks on the Gaza Strip on Saturday.