Tens of thousands of Arabs gathered at Har Habayis overnight Sunday, gathering rocks and other objects to throw at the police as well as fireworks and Molotov cocktails.
Police entered the site at about 8 a.m and fired stun grenades after hundreds of rioters attacked a police post and began throwing rocks from Har Habayis toward an adjoining road. Sixteen police officers were injured, with some evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment.
Earlier on Monday morning, Israel Police announced that Jews will not be allowed within Har Habayis on Monday, following a security assessment. The announcement drew the ire of right-wing politicians.
This is how the riots on the #TempleMount bagan this morning, when Palestinian rioters attacked the Mughrabi Gate. The police intervened in order to disperse them.
The right to pray in guarenteed, the right to riot is not. #Jerusalem #AlAqsaMosque pic.twitter.com/GGaRt21Vfd
— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) May 10, 2021
המהומות בהר הבית | תיעוד: יידוי אבנים וירי זיקוקים לעבר כוחות המשטרה במתחם. על פי דיווחים פלסטיניים כמה מפגינים נפצעו מירי כדורי גומי וגז מדמיע, אחד מהם נפצע באורח קשה@SuleimanMas1 @nurityohanan pic.twitter.com/pwwbafji39
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 10, 2021
30 אלף איש עשו את הלילה באל אקצא, מרביתם תומכי חמאס, ואגרו תחמושת מטורפת . מחכים לצעדה ולעליית יהודים.
תמונות מטורפות pic.twitter.com/rrx1mkYcoh— Yossi Eli יוסי אלי (@Yossi_eli) May 10, 2021
המהומות בהר הבית | צעירים מיידים אבנים לעבר הכוחות שנכנסו למתחם@SuleimanMas1 pic.twitter.com/F3dsH0yfsW
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 10, 2021
“It’s a disgrace,” stated Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman. “The [Islamic] Waqf is intentionally organizing acts of terror and murder under our nose and nobody says anything.”
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Public Security Minister Amir Ohana for capitulating to violence and said that in protest he will refuse to vote with the Likud on any legislation this week.
Below is a video of the thousands of Jews who davened at the Kosel on Monday morning, marking Yom Yerushalayim.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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