to pray at the mosque compound which is the third holiest site in islam and holiest place in jew dayismlestinians oppose it. >> translator: we condemn and refuse the israeli escalation in jerusalem over the holy shrines we will take all legal measures to hold israel accountable and to stop these repeated attack because the continuation of israeli aggression and dangerous escalation will calls more violence, the israeli government is responsible. >> reporter: the palestinian president took the criticism one skip further and described the closure of the al-aqsa compound as tantamount to a declaration of war. the situation here is far from a war it's still an intense fight being fought in neighborhoods like this one. >> and we can join him now outside the damascus gate which is where there is a security checkpoint to get to the compound as we can see people getting searched pretty there arely before they get this. and rules about who can actually go in. >> reporter: in fact the entire area leading up to the old city has been cordoned off by the police here. as you can see pretty strict che

had led a campaign allowing jewish people to pray at the compound, and the halliest place in use dayism, but they vehemently oppose such a move. >> we refuse the escalation in jerusalem over the holy shrines. we will take all legal measures to hold them accountable, and to stop these repeated attacks because the continuation of the aggression and dangerous escalation will cause more violence palestinian president took it one step further, he described it as tantamount to a declaration of war, while the situation here is far from a war, it is still an intense fight that is being fought in neighborhoods like this one. it is considered the holiest site, and the third holiest in islam, the area was concurred by israel in 1967, but is administered by an islamic body. nostril still maintains security, but not allowed to pray there. the jewish activist that was shot led a campaign to allow uses to pray at that mosque. sweden has recognized the state of palestine, their territory, people, and government. by now sweden has added support by recognizing the state today the governor has decided to

pray at the mosque compound which is the third holiest site in islam, and the holiest place in use dayismey vehemently opposed such a move. >> we condemn and refuse the israeli escalation in jerusalem, over the holy shrines. we will take all legal measures to hold israel accountable, and to stop these repeated attacks. because the continuation of israeli aggression and dangerous escalation will cause more violence. israeli government is responsible. >> palestinian president took a criticism once step further, he described the closure of the compound as tantamount to a declaration of war, while the situation here is far from a war, it's still an intense fight, that is being fought in neighborhoods like this one. al jazeera, in occupied east jerusalem. >> and there is more controversial in that part of the world, sweden has recognized the state of palestine, it is the first major european country to do so. israel's condemning the move, and is already recalled the swedish ambassador to jerusalem. mohamed has more. >> . >> for decades palestinians have argued that the government has tried to

but christianity, ju dayism and islam it's like a -- we invite everybody in. let me just finish -- >> judaism does not invite everybody in. >> but islam does. >> yes, we do. >> you can't scrutinize everybody who comes through door -- >> hold on. in the mosque in oklahoma we're told they had back room meetings. this was the convert or die position. >> if someone comes through the door and says they want to kill anyone who is not muslim which is what the oklahoma guy put on facebook i would say you are not allowed in here. you would let someone like that in? you just set you let everyone in. >> let's be real. >> let's be real, sir. a grandmother was beheaded in the united states of america. >> do i get a chance to talk or to respond? i'm -- >> hold on. >> one at a time. >> go ahead. >> first of all. this man, if he was a muslim for three years what was he before that? and do we indict what he was before that? >> he spoke in arabic and asked for a muslim lawyer. >> what about the man who just killed his six children. >> let's say -- >> he was a violent criminal b