Tensions flare, protests intensify over Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Israeli police set up checkpoints across Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, preventing young men and others from going to the Al-Aqsa Mosque (MEE/Mahfouz Abu Turk)
Sheren Khalel-Friday 18 September 2015
'If this doesn’t end, I will not be surprised if this leads to something very much bigger than sparks of clashes,' Aqsa mosque director tells MEE.
Israeli police set up checkpoints across Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, preventing young men and others from going to the Al-Aqsa Mosque (MEE/Mahfouz Abu Turk)
Sheren Khalel-Friday 18 September 2015
'If this doesn’t end, I will not be surprised if this leads to something very much bigger than sparks of clashes,' Aqsa mosque director tells MEE.
JERUSALEM - Israeli forces increased their presence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday, with local media reporting hundreds of extra Israeli troops deployed in the surrounding area.
