Israel risks ‘crisis with the Arab and Islamic world’

The attack came after three Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured in protests over metal detectors Israel set at the entrance to a Jerusalem holy site following a deadly Palestinian attack there.

While Israeli security officers were at al-Abed’s family home, Palestinian onlookers gathered to throw stones and burn tires in protest.

“Metal detectors and other restrictions should be immediately lifted and returned to the status quo”. In response to the killing of three Palestinian youths, an Arab resident in the West Bank stabbed three Jewish settlers to death after entering their home during the Shabbat meal.

Palestinian women inside Jerusalem s Old City.

Israeli security forces arrested 25 members of the Hamas terror group at various locations throughout Judea and Samaria over the weekend, part of their stepped-up counter-terrorism actions in the wake of escalated tension in the past week.

On July 22, clashes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank continue, resulting in the death of two Palestinians, including one when a petrol bomb explodes prematurely.

Israel’s army confirmed it was involved in clashes in Abu Dis. The alleged Palestinian perpetrators were tracked to Al Aqsa where they were shot and killed by Israeli police.

More than 300 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces in the ongoing tensions since the beginning of October 2015.

Violence has erupted in the Gaza Strip over the security measures in Jerusalem.

An earlier report on Israel’s Channel 2 TV station had said that Israel was ready to make changes to its drastic security measures at the gates of the compound leading to Al Aqsa mosque and made a decision to remove x-ray detectors and replace them with handheld metal detectors. The U.S. has expressed concern about the frictions, and called on Israel and Jordan to find a solution.

The man was involved in a clash in the town of el-Eizariyah near Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported.

Friday prayers at al-Aqsa were cancelled after two Israeli policemen were killed by Palestinian assailants in the Old city.

Palestinians have been refusing to enter the compound all week in protest at the metal detectors.

The bishop claimed that thousands of Muslims pray at the site during Ramadan and “everything goes smoothly”.

“We are managing this in a level-headed, determined and responsible way”, Netanyahu said in televised remarks before his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday.

World leaders are speaking out against Friday’s violent crackdown on protesters by Israeli security forces.

Police Superintendent and spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Twitter, “Names of three Israelis murdered in Friday night attack by Palestinian terrorist, Yosef Solomon age 70, Chaya Solomon age 46, Elad Solomon age 36”.