{"id":18928,"date":"2014-10-08T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=18928"},"modified":"2014-10-08T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:32:02","slug":"masked-palestinians-riot-on-temple-mount-on-eve-of-succot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/masked-palestinians-riot-on-temple-mount-on-eve-of-succot\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked Palestinians riot on Temple Mount on eve of Succot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0JERUSALEM (JTA) &#8212; Masked Palestinians rioted on the Temple Mount after it was opened to visitors on the eve of Succot.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The rioters threw rocks, concrete blocks and firebombs at police at the Mughrabi Gate entrance on Wednesday morning. Four policemen were injured during the violence and five protesters were arrested, according to Israel Police. Police said they dispersed the rioters.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Several protesters holed up in the Al Aksa Mosque and were locked inside by police, according to the Palestinian Maan news service. Visits to the Temple Mount continued undisturbed.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Tension at the Temple Mount is expected to grow this week with the influx of travelers for the Succot holiday visiting the site, which is holy to Jews and Muslims.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Wednesday&#8217;s riots follow weeks of rioting and unrest at the Temple Mount and in eastern Jerusalem.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The police announced Tuesday that they would increase security at the Temple Mount and throughout Jerusalem for Succot.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The Israeli media has reported that the Ministry of Tourism is exploring a plan to open a second gate for Jews and other non-Muslims to enter the Temple Mount. They currently use the Mughrabi Gate, whose entrance originates from the Western Wall plaza.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Palestinian leader and PLO executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi said the plan would end the possibility for peace.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201cIsrael is creating a new reality at the expense of Palestinians, their religious rights, sites, and historical identity,\u201d Ashrawi said, according to Maan. \u201cThey are violating the sanctity of religious sites without consequences, which completely terminates possibilities for peace and will ultimately drag the whole region into disastrous clashes.\u201d<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Ashrawi is a Palestinian Christian.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Masked%20Palestinians%20riot%20on%20Temple%20Mount%20on%20eve%20of%20Succot\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,643],"tags":[540,8790,8795,8788,102,2543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18929,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18928\/revisions\/18929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}