Police close Temple Mount to Jews on Jerusalem Day; major clashes at holy site

<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Hard-right MKs pan ‘capitulation to Palestinian violence,’ while on the left, legislators encourage moves to reduce tensions</span></p><div><header style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="under-headline" style="align-items: center; border-bottom-style: initial; border-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); border-image: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-style: dotted; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; font: inherit; justify-content: space-between; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul class="social" style="border: 0px; display: flex; font: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="shares" style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hares</span></li></ul></div></header><div class="media" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: none; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><a data-featherlight="image" href="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2021/05/000_99M8P9.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><img alt="Israeli security forces fire tear gas to disperse Palestinians at Jerusalem's Temple Mount compound on Jerusalem Day, May 10, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="375" loading="lazy" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2021/05/000_99M8P9-640x400.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: zoom-in; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;" title="Israeli security forces fire tear gas to disperse Palestinians at Jerusalem's Temple Mount compound on Jerusalem Day, May 10, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)" width="600" /></a><div class="caption" style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); border-image: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: both; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Israeli security forces fire tear gas to disperse Palestinians at Jerusalem's Temple Mount compound on Jerusalem Day, May 10, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)</div></div><div class="article-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 600px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><div class="the-content" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Major clashes broke out Monday morning between police and Palestinian rioters inside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, with hundreds said wounded, after authorities decided to bar Jews from entering the flashpoint holy site on Jerusalem Day due to spiraling tensions in the capital.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The latter decision drew fury from right-wing legislators, while left-wing MKs urged further moves to reduce tensions and prevent violence.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Police were also set to rule on whether to allow a planned celebratory parade by nationalist Jews through the capital, amid warnings from security officials that the Flag March could lead to a further escalation in violence.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΟ ΤΟ ΑΡΘΡΟ</span><span style="color: #121212; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-to-decide-on-jerusalem-day-flag-march-amid-fears-of-escalating-violence/?fbclid=IwAR2SWZgVhfFi-R_qYS3ThYwLyd4--kaIGYknL4zXYGxCapaFfCjX0s6VR0M" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ΕΔΩ</span></b></a></p></div></div></div>

Police close Temple Mount to Jews on Jerusalem Day; major clashes at holy site

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