hello i'm darren jordan and with the top stories here on al-jazeera the 1st palestinian general strike in decades has been held in the occupied territory and israel but that ended with further violence and bloodshed israeli security forces fired live rounds during protests in the occupied west bank 4 people were killed and more than $160.00 injured 2 was really soldiers were wounded the event was called in support of people under bombardment of gaza well our correspondent herefore said has this report from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. this is a well known road at one end palestinian protesters driven by years of occupation what 2 recent human rights reports have defined as a party and good and sustained by events in jerusalem in gaza at the other implacable militarized position of the israeli forces blocking the way and more. this is how this day would play out huge shows of force pushing back the crowd then young men in small groups gradually approaching within tens of meters of israeli fortifications peppering them with rocks and glass marbles. the israeli tactics varying fro

hello i'm darren jordan and with the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. national security advisor has expressed concern about the violent confrontations between israeli forces and palestinians in occupied east jerusalem an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council is set to take place on monday about the potential if the palestinians from be shaked iran neighborhood to make way for illegal israeli settlers after days of violence there was an uneasy calm on sunday night but the palestinians remain defiant.

hello i'm darren jordan and with the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. national security advisor has expressed concern about the violent confrontations between israeli forces and palestinians in occupied east jerusalem an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council is set to take place on monday about the potential effects of palestinians from the schechter on neighborhood to make way for illegal israeli settlers after days of violence there was an uneasy calm on sunday night but the palestinians remain defiant are a force that has more from damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem. so another night of tension here in occupied east jerusalem this is what we've been seeing a pattern throughout the night every now and again israeli security forces moving in to clear certain areas around damascus gate so far the clashes the skirmishes tonight have been less intense than they were over the last couple of days certainly of what we saw on saturday night was a good deal more intense in terms of physical violence however there have been uses of the skunk wate