yes down quiet here at the moment because prayers have started this is damascus gate one of the entrances into the old city and on till on to the oxer mosque compound but there has been tension this week because of a dizzying decision by the israeli authorities to reseal a gate they gave access to a meeting room in the compound and this meeting room is being closed by court order for the last sixteen years because a group that met in there was the court says sympathetic all working with hamas the thing is there are acts a mosque compound is supposed to be money it is managed by the walk on behalf of the jordanian royal family and the palestinians and the work of say we want to get back into the room sixteen years since that group met there is long dishpan did we want to open it get back in there and renovate it and there's been this tussle on locking and unlocking this gate and this is created tensions created tensions because the israeli authorities are not supposed to be on that the al aqsa mosque compound it is under the control of the wakka wakka and yet another example the palestinia

five palestinians we're going to smith joins us live now from damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem and further confrontations but over the last week over what the palestinians have been further attempts by israeli security forces to assert control over the mosque compound or what's been happening down is that every time the gate has been unlocked by the walk which manages the al aksa compound on behalf of the jordanian royal family the palestinians every time the walk locks the gate or remove the chains the old guard is a put the chains back basically was closed sixteen years ago on a court order because the cold said that the group that was using that building was sympathetic will meeting with hamas the watch says now about sixteen years long goal not group as long disbanded they want access they want to get back into that building that's why they've been aligned chains were taken off and the police have said of your party said no put the chains back in today the change that's taken off again and it's an indication or a symbol really a palestinian sort of resistance against the is

restrictions on access to the compound by palestinians with bernard smith joins us live now from damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem and further confrontations burnet over the last week over what the palestinians say have been further attempts by israeli security forces to assert control over the mosque compound or what's been happening is that every time the gate has been unlocked by the walk which manages the al aksa compound on behalf of the jordanian royal family the palestinians every time the walk locks the gate or remove the chains the old guard is a put the chains back basically was closed sixteen years ago on a court order because the court said that the group that was using that building was sympathetic will meeting with hamas the watch says now about sixteen years long gold.

few technical technical problems here bernard smith joins us now from occupied east jerusalem in damascus gate. that has been tension in the al aqsa mosque compound over the last few days because of a dispute over access to a building a meeting hole that sixteen years ago was chained closed following the court order the said there was a group using that room to meet and they were sympathetic or working with how much now the what which manages the al aqsa mosque compound on behalf of the jordanian monarchy on the palestinians says about groups as long despondent since those sixty years have passed and it wants access back into that building so it allowed the chains to be removed the israeli authorities be changed back and then got moved again by the watch and that has been going on over the last few days that has created tension and it is essentially a form of resistance by the palestinians to israeli attempts to control access to the al aksa compound the palestinians have continued to pray that the israelis on friday did not change again the gate because this is the main day of prayer but it's

well ben has made his live for us from damascus gate an occupied east jerusalem and we'll talk to himin a minute but first let's go to having four sets in hebron very point intervent in palestinian history so what does today mean for palestinians in hebron living under israeli occupation. well yes it means a great deal this was a hugely important tragic event in hebron sr twenty five years ago the actual anniversary will fall on monday but this is the closest friday to that are diverse and that is why we're seeing this protest which has been taking place for the last half hour or so outside this closed off. to the heart of the old city which is under israeli control of what's quite interesting is that last year a similar protest by you figure in settlements activist group that we still will not report on they were prevented from even getting to this area this time it seems israeli forces have allowed them to come here have allowed them to pray. also that sort of just return to regular and so we are expecting another process to be carried out by people affiliated to the fatah political

it's into that he was in one nine hundred eighty two when that at the time opened basically the gates of damascus for the iranian revolutionary guards to come to the north east in lebanon to train what eventually became his beloved but after this three invasion in one thousand and two and since then and one has to you know look at it and in the end it's a what iran has a shift in the region and really say they have been quite effective in expanding their legion presence i think there are two factors that have provided opportunities for iran to expand itself in the region and you don't use these opportunities very well one fact to our blunders and mystics done by outsiders in their interventions in the region but example the aftermath of that you know of the u.s. invasion in iraq in two thousand and three the saudi you know intervention in yemen for example created opportunities for iraq to really embed in self in the region and iran has been opportunistic about that but this. eggen as you pointed out is this weakening of the state system which which created opportunities for iran to find allies i