41. Last week, police announced that closed-circuit TV cameras and other devices would be installed in the mosque compound to increase security. 42. Last week, police announced that closed-circuit TV cameras and other devices would be installed in the mosque compound. 43. Muslim leaders deny there was any understanding and say Israel has no right to approve or disapprove of what they do in the mosque compound. 44. On several occasions, Palestinians in the mosque compound have hurled stones at Jews praying at the Wall during protests or clashes with police. 45. On Monday, Israeli police and Palestinian guards scuffled at the ultra-sensitive al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City. 46. Outside the mosque compound, hundreds of Israeli police were deployed to prevent possible riots. 47. On Monday, about two dozen Jewish extremists tried to enter the mosque compound and assert Israeli sovereignty over it, but police turned them away. 48. Palestinians would also have control over the disputed Al Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City, a highly charged site sacred to both Muslims and Jews. 49. One of the remnants of the Second Temple, the Western Wall, runs alongside the mosque compound and is the most revered site of Judaism today. 50. Police briefly evacuated the broad plaza fronting the Western Wall after a few stones were thrown at Jewish worshippers from the Al Aqsa mosque compound above. |