Author: Mohammed Daraghmeh
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Clashes erupt across West Bank over US Jerusalem pivot
JERUSALEM — Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank and Gaza, and Muslim worshippers from Jordan to Indonesia poured into the streets after Friday prayers to protest President Donald Trump’s recognition of contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Protesters burned Israeli and U.S. flags or stomped on Trump posters in displays of anger. In…
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Clashes erupt at Jerusalem shrine as Muslims return to pray
Palestinians are seen inside the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday, July 27, 2017. Thousands of Muslims flocked to a major Jerusalem shrine Thursday for the first organized prayers at the site in nearly two weeks, following Israel’s removal of security devices installed after a deadly attack. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Mahmoud Illean…
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3 Palestinians killed, scores hurt in clashes with Israel
JERUSALEM — Palestinian anger over metal detectors installed by Israel at Jerusalem’s most contested shrine boiled over on Friday, setting off clashes that killed three Palestinians and hospitalized dozens in the most widespread street violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank in nearly two years. The metal detectors are perceived by the Palestinians as an…