jerusalem became a divided city.he boundary drawn between west and east jerusalem was called the "green line," and that's what highway number one is still called today. east jerusalem was then part of jordan, and it contained the jews' holiest sites, including their ancient temple, destroyed by the romans. once the temple was destroyed, all that remained was the western wall. this place is important for the jewish people worldwide. ross: this is what people prayed to ever since the second temple was destroyed, ever since the jewish people were dispersed. narrator: but because they were in jordanian east jerusalem, the site was off limits to jews until 1967. that year, israel defeated threatening arab armies in the six-day war and gained control over more territory. from syria they took the golan heights. from egypt they captured the sinai peninsula and the gaza strip. from jordan they occupied the west bank of the jordan river, including the rest of jerusalem. ross: after the six-day war, after the victory in '67, wi

scott reports for east jerusalem. >> it began early morning tuesday. police wanted to arrest people that stayed in the mosque overnight. rocks thrown, stun grenades fired, those inside built a barricade. it caught fire but was put out. >> the red crescent says two dozen were injured. they were said to have been lightly injured. >> in what has become a pad rn, a clean up and calm. beneath the calm, there's deep underlying tensions. >> hard lines when jew said prayed on the plaza outside the mosque. something banned since the war, which saw israel caption east jerusalem. muslims say that will provoke tensions and violence. jordan has a peace treaty with israel. any more provocations in the old city will affect the relationships between the countries. >>> the area where the al-aqsa mosque is is one of the holiest sites for a number of religions. courtney kealy has more now on the significance of the area in tonight's "in context" segment. >> reporter: these 38 acres are some of the most contentious real state in the world. the symbolic heart of jerusalem,

she is in critical condition in a jerusalem hospital.t this is kind of a continuation of a lot of tension going on in the occupied territories as well as here in jerusalem. occupied east jerusalem and then particularly the mosque compound over the last several weeks, there have been a lot of clashes and tension and elbow elevated because of the holiday and eat at the end of the week and a lot of tension and the israeli security forces have reacted to that tension adding thousands of more security forces here in jerusalem and around the west bank over these next coming days. >>> four palestinian children have been detained by israeli soldiers in the occupied east jerusalem area and they were stopped on their way home from school on suspicion of throwing stones at soldiers, 25 palestinian children have been arrested recently. the israeli army has deployed thousands of officers in jerusalem before the young people holiday which is the most holly on the calendar and eat holiday also begins this week. the race for the white house got a tiny b

all of us are coming here, jews muslims christians, this is jerusalem for me. and he is the prettiest face of the whole city for me. every time i come i'm here. >> but these shelves also hold another conflict. >> the damascus fabric it's very short. i can't go there because of the situation. >> this is a robe that's traditionally worn at wedding celebrations, this particular piece comes from the syrian capital, damascus. it is the last one in his shop. the most exquisite. from the city of palmyra, taken over by islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> they do the special art fabric. >> even here with the recent tension in jerusalem, business is bad. >> we, jerusalem, knock comes here. >> that he may return to syria one day to continue buying the fabrics that have been his family's business for decades. stefanie dekker, al jazeera, east jerusalem. >> pope francis is forming a tribunal, phil silviano has become a campaigner. his story within his own words. >> knowing the kind of things he did here, taking a lot of chances getting caught, having sex at the altar w

compound in pocket pied east jerusalem and thousands of security personnel were deployed to the area of friday prayers. the compound in jerusalem's old city is one of the most contested religious sites in the world and holly to muslims and jews and home to two of the most important sites in islam the mosque and dome of the rock. jews believe this is the site where the final temple is likely to be built when the messiah comes to earth and we go to jerusalem and stephanie decker is live for us right now, stephanie you are on the air, what is the situation now? >> reporter: sorry about that adrian. the situation now is quiet. you can see people have been streaming out of the old city after place and police have broken it down and it's business as usual and one episode of tension and one man broke through and behind the camera and went to where the people were praying, the men who were under 40 years of age who are restricted from entering the mosque today to do friday prayers and when he arrived they yelled and israeli security forces responded with stun grenades and there was tension a

she asks why such harsh procedures on a child and taken to the detention center in east jerusalem afterng arrested and kept 15 days before being transports to a prison and he was there without a parent and handcuffed and shackled when asked if he threw stones or not. they passed a law where stone throwers can receive ten years prison sentence and following the tensions in jerusalem this past week benjamin netanyahu wants to push through even more harsh measures. >> the present situation is unacceptable and intend to give soldiers and police officers the tools to act very firmly against those who throw stones and firebombs and also going to adopt changes in the rules of engagement and for minimum sentence against those who throw stones and firebombs. >> israeli human rights lawyer defending palestinians for decades. >> trying to find momentarily solutions to impose more pressure and believing somehow that the whole population both in jerusalem and occupied territories they will settle down and accept the occupation and agree to be occupied and be denied et cetera. >> reporter: back at th

thousands of israeli personal deployed in the mosque compound in jerusalem ahead of friday prayers.awmakers prepare to vote on a bill which could see japanese soldiers deployed overseas for the first time in 70 years. ♪ hello, we begin this news hour in pakistan where taliban gunmen stormed an airforce base near peshmerga what and taliban stormed a guard house and a mosque which is inside that compound, the base has not been operational for years but it is used as a barrix, one killed and an army captain and 13 dade and have taken at least 20 wounded to hospital. let's cross live to hartsfield-jackson nicole johnston who is outside the base in peshawar, nicole is that attack still underway and the operation to repel it? >> reporter: yes, it is, it is continuing. just in the base behind me we can hear helicopters overhead and security forces passing by on the road and out here it has been relatively quiet and we know inside the pakistani taliban and the airforce backed up by the military are continuing their battle. >> nicole, security had been high in peshawar after an attack back i

she is in critical condition in a jerusalem hospital.hat this is kind of a continuation of tension going on in the occupied territories as well as hear in jerusalem, occupied east jerusalem and then particularly the mosque compound over the last several weeks and there have been a lot of clashes and tension and elevated because of the holidays, jewish holidays and muslim and eat at the end of the week and a lot of tension and the israeli security forces have reacted to that tension adding thousands of more security forces here in jerusalem and around the west bank over these next coming days. >>> still to come on the program as europe tries to accommodate thousands of refugees we look at one country that has managed to find some order among the chaos. and apple's app store suffers its first major hack attack. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience t

we have more from jerusalem's oldest city. >> the violence at the al aqsa compound could be over, but tension remains. >> there has been an outcry from the palestinian leadership and factions over the three days of israeli raids. so we spoke to the people on the streets of occupied east jerusalem to find out what they think. >> i'm very sad about what happened in al aqsa. what should we do?

four palestinian children have been detained by israeli soldiers in occupied east jerusalem and theyped on their way home from school on suspicion of throwing stones at soldiers. human rights watch says the egyptian military's campaign against i.s.i.l. in northern sinai is having harming effects on thousands of civilians, the rights group says the government evicted over 3,000 families and raised thousands of homes in northern sinai. cairo is trying to create a buffer zone along its border with the gaza strip and it wants to destroy a network of cross border tunnels and says that i.s.i.l. uses them to move between egypt sinai peninsula and the gaza strip and we have an egyptian journalist and former editor of the newspaper and joins me live now in the studio, lovely to have you with us here on the set on al jazeera. why are they going for the houses, why demolish so many houses? what is the reasoning behind that? >> they want to have the clear object of course to create a buffer zone between egypt and gaza strip. that is the clear objective. but of course we shouldn't look upon today

. >>> strike comes after rying tensions in jerusalem, near the al-aqsa compound in east jerusalem.protests, several muslim men were banned from attending friday prayers. scott heidler reports from jerusalem. >> at the end of a tense week, mohammed arrived early to attend friday prayers at the al-aqsa mosque. but he's pushed back like many times before when there's increased tension. this time muslim men under 40 are banned from going in. three and a half thousand israeli security forces have been deployed. 24-year-old mohammed was born in an occupied east jerusalem neighborhood. >> translator: every friday i come here, they prevent me from entering. every friday. this is a system of the occupation to prevent even muslim from pain. if they are jewish, they can enter no problem. >> they started their protests on cardboard boxes and in a steel barricade. only minutes into the prayer shouting and then a scuffle. israeli security forces chasing a young man who broke through one of the barricades. this sparked reaction from those praying. the security forces pushed them back, some threw

dozens of palestinians injured as they storm the mosque in jerusalem.

israeli police fought with palestinians in jerusalem. police say they entered the court yard to arrest young palestinian stone throwers and tear gas was fired. the confrontation comes hours before the start of the jewish new year. >> reporter: in the early morning hours in the mosque compound clashes erupted between palestinian youths who were throwing stones, israeli police said at them. there were clashes that went on for a good amount of time. now we are hearing that the compound has been cleared, there is still some clashes going on throughout the old city. now, this is something that was anticipated from both sides. russia shana beginning at sun set. we are hearing that there are jewish activists waiting to go into the compound and that stoked already tense situation within that compound. right now the police say that they have controlled the situation. we are hearing there is still some small minor clashes going on throughout the old city. right now we know that the compound itself has been cleared from those who are involved in th

around the mosque in occupied east jerusalem.e is considered holily by muslims, jews and christians for muslims it's their third holiest site after mecca and madina saudi arabia. it contains the mask and the dome of the raw. jewels call it the temple mount because of the jewish temple that his stood there in biblical times. it's the holiest site of judaism. palestinians feel israel will change the rules which allows juice to visit but not pray. >> reporter: for many worships at the al-aqsa mosque, this is the israeli security forces violating islam's third holiest site. for days now they have mounted operations against palestinians inside al-aqsa mosque. tensions have also spread to jerusalem's old city. israeli army media is reporting that hundreds of extra officers will be sent to jerusalem on wednesday, senior officials are warning the violence has the potential to escalate further. >> it's extremely dangerous because the extremists on the israeli side have been supported by the israeli occupying authority and their security f

of course we will not. >> and to west jerusalem in israel. those we talked to were against visits to al arc qsa by right-wing groups. >> in judaism it is forbidden for jews to visit the site. this is provocative, why would we go there? to get stones and firebombs thrown at us? i'm against this. >> israeli prime minister spoke about the visit oh al aqsa compound. >> i think because of the intervention of the politicians in israel many saw a chance to visit the temple mount. >> the israeli minister of agriculture was part of a group waiting to enter when the violence began. the international community has expressed concern over the al aqsa compound. they have urged both sides to refrain from provocative action and rhetoric. the worry is that it could ignite violence outside of the walls of the old city. like last october, violence that began in the al aqsa compound led to fighting on the streets of jerusalem. it only ended after high-level meetings in jordan with the united states involved. palestinians rallies and possible increase in injure v

tensions also spread to jerusalem's old city. army media is reporting that hundreds of extra officers will be sent to jerusalem on we understand. senior palestinian officials are warning the violence has the potentially to escalate further. >> it's extremely dangerous because the extremists on the israeli side have been supported by the israeli occupying authority and their security forces, including some ministers. and trying to change, you know, the situation and the status quo on the compound of the al action that mosque. >> reporter: the al-aqsa compound is considered hole toy muslims, jews and christians. jews are allowed to visit the plaza around the al-aqsa mosque on the eve of the jewish new year but they aren't allowed to pray within its walls think after an emergency cabinet meet on the ground tuesday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel was committed to maintaining the status quo, but also said palestinian youths would not be allowed to prevent jews from visiting. we will use all necessary mesh tower fight ag

dozens injured as israeli forces storm the mosque in jerusalem. and could this be the foundation for a drug free treatment for motion sickness? the owners of a collapse that craned have been banned from taking part in new forces. they are also been banned from traveling while the investigation takes place. more than 100 people were killed. the saudis blame strong winds for the accident. they also say the crane was wrongly positioned against the recommendations of the manufacturer. bin laden is one of the largest firms in the world. al jazeera is in mecca, and says this is a major move by the saudis against the construction empire. >> while it is a very significant one, because it is the biggest in saudi arabia, it is one of the biggest in the region, in the entire world, and i think this is trying to settle old scores. this is like my speculation, or my look into this whole incident, because the bin laden group has been operating big massive mega projects throughout the years. and remember, there was a new king coming, a new administration, so thi

this is jerusalem for me and bilal is the prettiest face for whole city for me. every time i come i'm here. >> but these shelves also hold the story of another conflict. >> full of the fabric nowists very short and it's -- i can't go there because the situation. >> this is a robe that is traditionally worn at wedding integrationcelebrations. it is the last one left in abuhalab's shop. from the ancient city of palmyra which has noun been taken over by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> they do the art fabrics which is very old designs and done by a loom, a special loom from pure silk with 14 car a care accura . >> continuing to buy the fabrics that have been his family business for years. stefanie dekker, al jazeera, in occupied jerusalem. >> the social media feed, at aljazeera.com. on maintain, medical mistakes with lines in the balance. how often lives are put at risk by bad medicine, far more than you might think. also the church and state. plosions don't want them to cross it but the pope took a hard line. gone? >> how long do you think his message w

we have more from jerusalem's oldest city. >> the violence at the al aqsa compound could be over, but tension remains. >> there has been an outcry from the palestinian leadership and factions over the three days of israeli raids. so we spoke to the people on the streets of occupied east jerusalem to find out what they think. >> i'm very sad about what happened in al aqsa. what should we do? leave it? of course we will not. >> and to west jerusalem. >> in judaism it is forbidden to visit this invite. why would we go there, to get stones and firebombs thrown at us? i'm against this. we have the western war and that is enough. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced they would not prevent jews from visiting the temple mounted, what they all the al aqsa compound. >> i think it's escalated in the last year. >> the israeli minister of agriculture was part of a group waiting to enter when the violence began on sunday. >> the international community has expressed concern over these clashes in the al aqsa compound. the release convoy has urged both sides from actions and rhetoric. it co

>> israeli police clash with palestinians in the lk al aqsa mosque in jerusalem. calling on governments to do more to help. we're in south africa where the future of the steel industry is in doubt. many are blaming china. >>> and that's a wrap. we'll tell you at the venice film festival who won the top prizes. >> israeli police have fought with palestinians at the al aqsa mosque. hours before the start of the jewish new year, ros rosh hasha. the old city known as the noble sanctuary. the compound is currently reserved for muslim prayer alone but often israelis are allowed on the site. scott heidler has more. >> there was tear gas stones thrown by the young palestinians. the israeli police forced into the compound and the palestinian youth went into the mosque itself. there appears to be concussion grenades fired. both sides had been ready for. this is a very tense time during the year, there are a lot of jewish holidays over the week, sunday rosh hash hanana is going on. the main confrontation has called down. >> tens of thousands of people across europe have rall

israeli police have fought palestinians in jerusalem. they fired tear gas and stun grenades at palestinians they say were throwing stones. the palestinian president abbas has condemned the attack. >> foreign ministers from four european countries say progress has been made in ukraine's peace talks. the diplomats met in berlin to prepare for a summit in october. the german foreign minister said all sides are very close to an agreement. >> we hope ukraine and russia will stabilize the ceasefire long term. we would like to talk about details of withdrawing heavy weapons and light weapon was calibers less than 100 millimeters, also about the question of better access for e.s.c. observers. >> region ales are taking place across russia. the government succeeded in barring almost all opposition candidates from the poll. the opposition groups say they faced physical and political opposition. >> it's almost a clandestine affair, a handful of elderly people as he can included in their amounts gathered to meet the young opposition candidate. he'll

>> jerusalem in itself is a tinderbox. any political palestinian presence is completely eliminated in the past decade, so there's no political mediation. if there is violence or unrest, there is no one to mediate. >> mateo, thank you. >>> now the staaudi-led coaliti launched a major ground movement in yemen to push out the houthi fighters. it's an oil-rich area about 170 kilometers east of the capital up sanaa. troops are trying to drive out houthi rebels that control the areas along the roads that lead to sanaa. the aim is to tultly retake the capital so they can return over 4,000 people have died in the war. >> translator: survival is using any means possible. in yemen this includes the old way of doing things. for five months supplies of water and electricity have been scarce. where once there was plenty, these are difficult times. >> translator: people are having a hard time finding water. we walk for 50 kilometers a day to get supplies to villages and rural areas. >> reporter: the tough conditions haven't stopped peop

also coming up: israeli police fight with palestinian youths in the mosque compound in jerusalem. saudi higher led coalition launches a major ground offensive in yemen has tas the heurmanitarian crisis gets worse . >> i am charlie angela at the venice film festival while the golden lion prize has been aw d awarded to a first time zenzn director. german authorities have temporarily reintrourtsz border contro controls. a decision puts more pressure on the eu's policy of open borders among its members, 13,000 people arrived in munich on saturday with thousands more expected on sunday. authorities say the city is full to capacity. rob reynolds join you see us on the line now from berlin. rob, what more can you tell us about why germany is enforcing these border controls now and how long they are likely to remain in place? >> well, it's how long the border controls will remain in place. no one actually knows at this point, marian, but to give you a little bit of the background on this, the people have been flooding in to munich and the state of bavaria has been saying it is really at f

mime from jerusalem. will you help me? >> jerusalem. >> shalom. >> from years back i heard.d to one of his sons. >> no, no son of herrod rules now. >> rome sent governors to rule. the romans valued that. >> ha has become of herrod. >> at the time tell the -- >> >> i made great effort teaching son scriptures. dreaming he might become land given to us by god. perhaps it is time to return. huh? so this is the new city of the jew jews? why don't they hail they new governor. >> only respect. >> how do we dress when we are taken so see the jewish god. >> no one sees him. they believe he is everywhere. >> everywhere? but cannot be seen? how do they know he exists? >> maybe he doesn't. bless him had, elizabeth. i have heard so much about you. >> i had given up hope that a trader spoke of the joseph of nazareth who had returned from afar. i felt at once it was your joseph. >> he brought us six years before he died and then blessed be god. left you a life that's good. >> is john the priest in the temple. >> my son the baptist is not beloved in the temple nor they of him. john in the w

thank you. 36 palestinians have been injured after they stormed the mosque in occupied east jerusalem. it is the third straight day of violence. they now fear that israel wants to change the rules which allow useses to visit, but not to pray there. scott hide her reports. >> it began early morning that police wanted to arrest people that it stayed in the mosque overnight. rocks were thrown, stun grenades those inside the mosque built a barricade. it later taught fire but was quickly put out. they said at least two dozen were injured in this confrontation. five were said to have been lightly injured. there what has become a pattern, the clean up afterward and like we see now, relative calm, but beneath that, there is deep underlying tension. >> something that has been banned since the 1967 war, which saw israel capture east jerusalem. they say this would provoke further tension, and violence, in jordan the custodian of the compound has a peace treaty with israel. there will be an emergency meeting to discuss the situation, al jazeera, in occupied east jerusalem. >> and this was the sce

of course we will not. >> and to west jerusalem in israel. those we talk to were against visits to al aqsa by right-wing usual groups. >> in judaism it is forbidden to visit a site. these visits are provocative and there is no point to visit the site. why would we go there, to get stones and firebombs thrown at us? i'm against this. we have the western war, and that's enough. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tuesday visited a flash point in the occupied west bank. this after he had announced rioters would not prevent jews from visiting the temple mount. some observers feel the increase of attentions is because of israeli politicians they use the al aqsa issue for political gain. >> i think it has been collected in the last year. they saw a chance to promote themselves by going to the temple mount, visiting the temple mount. >> the israeli minister of agriculture was part of a group waiting to enter when the violence began on sunday. the international community has expressed concern over these clashes in the al arc qsa compound. th

before that, they burned alive then killed a palestinian child in jerusalem, and the child in gaza, and before them, thousands have been killed in gaza and the west bank. we still remember the massacre of 1948 and all other crimes. all of these are crimes that have remained without -- that have remained with impunity, until when will israel remain above international law and accountability. due to time con saints i will not be able to discuss in detail how many violations are being committed against our people, how many oppressive laws have been issued by the israeli government. the latest of which is the formal instructions, governmental instructions given to fire live ammunition at and arrest and repression peaceful palestinian demonstrators. where do you see this happening? why is it happening? mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, we do not respond to the israeli occupation hatred and brutality with the same. instead we are working to spread the culture of peace and coexistence between our people and in our region. we are anxious to witness the day when our people and all peoples in

we are joined live from west jerusalem. i'm wondering how things have calmed down there, scott. >> they are calm now. it lasted for a couple of hours. this is pretty early in the morning, just before dozen a.m. on local time when these clashes took place. it went on for a bit and when we saw some of that dramatic footage, tear gas fired, what appeared to be stun grenades, the mosque in the old city of jerusalem. then it carried on to some of the small alleys in the old city. that carried on for a bit. now it appears to be pretty calm. this is a very tense location, obviously, but also a very tense time mainly because of the beginning of the jewish new year at the end of the day sunday. that brings out more of the jewish faithful who also view the compound to be holy, so they go in there probably in bigger numbers than normal, so that elevates the tension, because of those, the muslims who are there at the mosque. during the normal periods during the year, there's tension because of access and things like that. the israeli's

israeli police faulted palestinians at the compound in jerusalem. officers say they entered the courtyard to roast those throwing stones. tens of thousands demanded the government do more to help refugees, as part of an international day of action to show support of those fleeing from war torn countries. the envoy is due to submit a peace plan. he meant the cast year meeting different sides, saying there's generate agreement that the political solution is the only way forward. >>> regional elections are taking place across russia, the government succeeded in barring all opposition candidates. they face physics add and political intimidation. peter sharp joined one of a few opposition candidates on the campaign trail. >> it's almost a clandestine affair. a handful of people shrewd gathered to meet the young opposition candidate. there's six of these meetings every day. body guards stand close. >> translation: the level of physical intimidation on opposition parties changed the face of election campaigns in vladimir putin's authoritarian russia. >> he

this is al jazeera, live from doha, also ahead israel's military forms a compound in occupied east jerusalemuring six palestinian and russia president says his government will continue to provide military help to the syrian regime. ♪ and the winner is we meet the pakistan woman who won a u.n. award for her work with refugees. ♪ police in hungary rounded up 9,000 refugees crossing in the country from serbia on monday and hundreds more left stranted after they have tough border controls blocking the mainland route into the eu and a four meter high fence is being error -- erected on the border and you cannot cross in a country not in the eu and they put border checks in place on monday and meanwhile the eu foreign policy chief is meeting with the u.n. high commissioner for refugees to discuss the crisis and called for unity in relocating asylum seekers across eu member states. >> our unity or lack of unity internally has an impact on our credibility externally and on the effectiveness of our action externally. we managed to build unity on the external action in the last month in a very complica

that's been going on in the occupied territories, as well as here in jerusalem, occupied east jerusalem and then particularly the al aqsa mosque compound over the last several weeks. there have been clashes, tension, elevated because of the holidays. >>ish holidays and now also a muslim holiday at the end of the week. there's been a lot of tension and the israel security forces have reacted to that tension, adding thousands of more security forces here in jerusalem and around the west bank over these next coming days. >> al jazeera just learned that the woman who was shot by that israel soldier, the palestinian woman has now died. >> the israeli army is under fire for continuing to arrest palestinian children. 25 have been detained over the past do you days. the latest are four school children. we have this report. >> israeli soldiers round up a group of palestinian school children in occupied east jerusalem. the tact ice used by the israeli army aren't new, but the impact on the children involved is clear to see. muhammed and his three friends were on their way home from school when th

>>> israeli police fight with palestinian youth at the al-aqsa compound in jerusalem >>> hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. i'm dale finucane. also ahead the german city of munich is overwhelmed bip the large number of refugees. resignations in the british labour party, after the election of a controversial new leader. >> i'm charlie angela at the film festival. the prestigious golden lion has been awarded to a first-time venezuela director >>> israeli police fought with palestinians at the al-aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem. police say they entered the courtyard to arrest young palestinian stone throwers. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas condemned what he said was an attack against worshippers at the holy sight. the confrontation coming hours before the start of the year. the al-aqsa compound is inside the city, known as the noble sanctuary. for many, it's the third holiest site in islam after mecca and medina, and the sacred site in judaism. israel captured the site in 1967 and annexed it in a move that has never been internationally recognised. >> nicky is a spokes

it moved into different parts, different allies within jerusalem, the city here. it seems now that it is calm. this is something that obviously, as you described, it's a sensitive issue, it's an important location for both religions, and it's a sensitive era and time. sunset at night marks the beginning of the jewish new year. a lot of faithful will go to the wall, next to the al-aqsa, and go to the compound to pray as well. that's where it's a point of for example. the muslims don't appreciate that. that's why it is a sensitive time. this is something we have seen in previous holiday periods, jewish hole say periods, and there are clashes similar to the bend, as you imagine, both sides were bracing for that, and that's what we saw on the early morning hours. >> what flared and triggered the flare-up. muslim youths were ideas the mosque. armed with stones, and they called home-made - home-made explosives, fire works basically. but what triggered... >> well, we believe to be the case, and this is coming out in some reporting. there are some jewish groups, activists

tensions have spread to jerusalem's old city. israeli army media is reporting that hundreds of extra officers will be sent to jerusalem on wednesday. senior palestinian officials warn the violence has the potential to escalate further. . >> it's extremely dangerous because the extremists have been reported by the israeli authorities, and the security forces, including some ministers, in trying to change, you know, the situation and the status quo on the compound of the al-aqsa mosque. >> the al-aqsa compound is considered holy to muslims, jews and christians. jews are allowed to visit on the eve of the jewish new year, but are not allowed to pray within its walls. after an emergency cabinet meeting on tuesday. prime minister binyamin netanyahu says israel was committed to maintaining the status quo, but said that palestinian youths would not be able to prevent jews visiting:. >> palestinians say among the jewish groups that enter a compound of settlers and far right jewish activists, and this is what makes them angry. >> i'm on t

. >>> thousands of israeli security personnel are deployed around the mosque in jerusalem. ♪ >>> croatiathe latest european country struggling to deal with an influx of refugees and it is feeling the strain. this is the scene just a few hours ago scuffles broke out between refugees. 13,000 people have crossed into croatia in the last two days alone. the government says it doesn't have the resources to register people as per e.u. rules. it plans to redistrict them towards hungary and sla vainia. >> reporter: even though the conditions here are frankly inhumane. it's 40 degrees here at the moment. there are babies and tiny children all sitting in the dirt, waiting for a bus or something to take them further north, but everything is relative at least it is better than it was on the hungarian border, and there has been some movement today, many of the thousands who were here last night have gone already. they have gone either by bus or train in the direction they would hope where it is six hour's walk to the border with sloven slovenia. it's actually quite a major step north to go through wh

we begin with news coming to us from jerusalem.a number of israeli soldiers have entered a compound in jerusalem. there are reports that they are using tear gas. israeli police say that the soldiers entered the compound to arrest palestinian stone throwers. we'll get you more on that as it becomes available. tens of thousands of people have rallied to help the refugees arriving on the continent. the turkish government lifted a nine day curfew. it was needed with operations against kurdish fighters. let's return to our top story. the refugee voices. crisis. families say they want to go home. there is no future and they need to leave to find better jobs. >> they keep from lebanon last year. five families escaping war. the uruguay government gave them asylum. they want to leave. her husband died in the syrian city. she says life is not what they were expecting. >> they promised us everything, but there is no future here for me or my children. everything is expensive here. i work but it's not enough. >> 42 people from syria and the gov

is unlike the west bank, the israeli law applies to palestinians living in east jerusalem, and thisrovides palestinians and israelis with the legal safeguards, but in practices we found that in 2015, the israeli practices of israeli police is violating the rights of palestinian children. the israeli law applies to palestini palestinians, but legally speaking, the misinterpretation of this law, and the use of exceptions by the israeli police deprive the palestinian children of their rights. 700 children were arrested in east jerusalem last year alone. it ensures all of the rights protected by the crc, the u.n. convention on the rights of the child, but at the same time it allowed some exceptions of the rule in which the israeli pla place -- police can use these exceptions. we found out that the israeli police disinterpreted these exceptions. one example is the arrest from house. according to the israeli law, the arrest should be used as a last resort, but in the case of palestinian children, children are being arrested directly and arrested for offenses that were committed three mont

of course we will not. >> reporter: and to west jerusalem in israel. those we talk to were against visits to al-aqsa by right wing jewish groups. >> translator: in judaism it's forbidden for jew to his visit the site. these visits are provocative and there is no point to visit this site. why would we go there? to get stones and fire bombs thrown at us. i am against this. we have the western war and that's enough. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tuesday visited a flash point in the occupied west bank, this after he announced rioters will not prevent juice from visiting the temple mount. what they call the al-aqsa compound. some rob servers feel the increase in tension is because of israeli politician who his use the issue you for political gain. >> i think it's escalated in the last year because of the intervention of the politicians in israel. a few members from the right wing saw a chance to promote themselves by going to temple mount and giving declarations. >> reporter: the israeli minister of agriculture was part i've group w

. >> reporter: i am scott heidler live in jerusalem's old city. an increase in tension. >>> also pope francis wrapped up his first day on his u.s. trip and due to become the first pope a address congress a little later. and e.u. pledges over $1 billion of aid to syrian refugees in the middle east. ♪ ♪ >>> first we begin in yemen a blast at a mosque in the capital sanaa has killed 25 people. at the attack happened during prayers marking the muslim holiday eid. the mask is ran by yemen's shia houthi group. at least 30 people injured. muslims all around the world have been gathering to celebrate the start of eid. these are the latest pictures from al side the al-aqsa mosque compound in occupied east in cruz legal. israeli police say there won't be any age restrictions applied on thursday for muslims want to go enter the holy site. scott heidler joins us from occupied east jerusalem. what's it like there at the moment, scott? >> reporter: yeah, there is really not a security presence that we can see right now here at the damascus gate. one of the main

because there has been a lot more tension in the al-aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem.tour group groups and jes going up in the to compound stokes the muslims in the compound who don't feel that they should be able to be there. they are not allowed to pray, so there was tension with that. there were a couple of israeli security force raids on the mosque itself. that raised the tension quite a bit here in jerusalem on friday we saw thousands of security forces, 3500 extra security forces from israel being put onto the streets. they have pretty much stayed there because of this increased tension, what happened at the al-aqsa mosque but also because of the holidays we have coming you feel one other note in hebron last evening. a man was killed, israeli security forces saying that he had some kind of explosive device, he was going use on the israeli forces they say it debt maded and killed him. we are seeing this incidents that's why israel said they put so many so many more security forces on the streets. >> all right, scott heidler, thank you very much for update. >>> up

. >>> the strike comes amid rising tensions in jerusalem.employed near the al-aqsa compound and occupied east jerusalem. protests began after muslim men were banned from retaining friday prayers. scott heidler reports. >> damascus gate for friday prayers at the al-aqsa mosque. but he's pushed back like many times before, when there's increased tension, israeli security forces restrict entry. this time muslim men from under 40 are banned from going in. 3800 security forces have been employed. 24-year-old mohammed was born in a nearby east jerusalem neighborhood. >> every friday i come here, they prevent me from interk every friday. it is the system of only denying muslims. >> so they started their prepare on the street, in front of israeli security forces. only minutes into the prayer shouting, and then a scuffle. israeli security forces chasing a young men who broke through one of the barricades. this sparked reaction from those who are praying. >> some of those whos who's whos were disrupted came back later to continue with their prayers. w

israeli police have fought with palestinians at the mosque compound in jerusalem.he confrontation came just hours before the start of the jewish new year. now, in other stories we are following,saudi-led coalition, 10,000 soldiers are trying to push out houthi fighters east of the capital sanaa. troops are trying to drive out houthi rebels who control the areas around the road that lead to sanaa. the aim of the mission is to retake the capitol so the exiles president can return. over 4,000 people have died in the war. nepal's earthquake in april displaced hundreds of thousands of people. bill mil /* millions have been pledged to help vict ims. people have received very little aid and are voerd about how they will make it through the coming winter. blue tents and branches, this is community forest has been transformed into a temporary shelter people walked for days to come here. people sgraitsz by the earthquake are living here. this one walked 13 hours to get here. >> i have a family of 9. my family is back in the village living under a tar po tarp. we don't have f

today, thousands of soldiers reoccupied the occupied jerusalem, and this is what they do. they use the military force and they think by force they can break the will of the palestinians, but today, i think the palestinians have shown that they will not be broken. it's true that the demonstration here might have been small, but inside, it was a huge demonstration and thousands of people went out to the old city streets, shouting and the army did not know what to do, because these were peaceful demonstrators expressing their views. >> do you think there is a change of narrative chapping here from fighting against the occupation to a language of something that is becoming more of a reege confrontation between two sides? how do you see that? >> the israeli government and netanyahu in particular have been very concerned with the fact that the palestinian issue is becoming well known worldwide. the thee and empathy to the palestinian cause is increasing. a reflection of that is the boycott, campaigns all over the world, similar to what happened with the south african apartheid s

stephanie dekker explains why. >> reporter: in the middle of jerusalem's old city. politics stays at the door. this man's family has been selling fabric for generations. >> sometimes, you know, they do it. he shows us fabric provided by pope ben ticket the 16th. and addressed a prominent person in israel. >> i like people to come to my store. they make a friend in my store. >> we see that when we meet a longs-time client. >> i'm a client, more than a client i'm a friend. all of us are coming here, jews muslims, christians. prettiest face of the whole city. every time i come, i'm here. >> the shelves hold the story of another conflict. >> they are full. it's short. i can't go there, because the situation that piece comes from the capital. it is the last one left in the shop. fab rigs from syria are known to be some of the ex-exist if the swelled. it is now been taken over by the islamic state. >> they do the fabric, which is old designs, come by pure silk. >> he only has a small roll of tab rick left. here, business is bad. >> we feel it is a trend. no people to come

tensions spread to jerusalem through the old city. israeli army media is reporting that hundreds of officers will be sent to jerusalem on wednesday. palestinians warns the violence may escalate further. >> it's dangerous. extremists on the israeli side have been supported by the israeli occupying authority and security forces, including some ministers, trying to change the situation and the status quo on the compound. >> the al-aqsa mosque is considered holy. jews can visit but no pray within the walls. after an mergee cabinet -- emergency cabinet minister, binyamin netanyahu said israel was going to maintain the status quo. but they would not prevent jews visiting: >>> palestinians say among the jewish groups that enter the compounds of settlers, this is what makes them angry. i'm here on the ground in alaxis. i'm making sure they don't desecrate the sanctity. we are here to protect the holy place. the settlers come to provoke and cause sabotage. >> social media reports that the israeli prime minister is planning to visit al-aqsa mos

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now tensions are high at the mosque compound in jerusalem ahead of friday prays and access of men abovege of 40 with extra security being deployed and a nearby station was set on fire after israeli police reported that stones were thrown at the palestinian bus driver who has israeli citizen and no reports of any injuries. meanwhile israel's prime minute benjamin netanyahu wants tougher punishment for palestinians accused of throwing stones and firebombs and increased tensions in occupied east jerusalem as stephanie decker now reports. >> reporter: it's home but these days it feels like a prison cell, israeli forces have put 14-year-old under house arrest after accusing him of throwing stones in a protest in occupied east jerusalem and his life has been turned up side down. >> translator: now i got to sleep at 4:00 a.m. and walk up at 2:00 p.m., i have breakfast at 3:00 and everything changed in my life. >> reporter: it's been a month and he has five more to go until his trial. he has been denied his right to go to school and while we interview him his mother starts to cry. she asked why

thank you for the ub p -- update from jerusalem. imtiaz tyab >>> united states have approached iran to help find a solution. u.s. secretary of state john kerry, and the european policy chief, discussing the issue with the iranian foreign minister in new york. talks are expected to take place as diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> all eyes will be on russian president vladimir putin, when he makes a whistle-stop trip to new york, spending a full day in the u.s., spending the day in the general assembly. everyone wants to know what the intentions are regarding syria. on the one hand vladimir putin sent marines, helicopters and tanks to a base on the syrian coast. on the other he said he wants a political solution. in an interview with talk to al jazeera, i asked the e.u.'s representative if she'd been given any idea what russia was up to. >> i was talking about that with our russian friends, with sergey lavrov in those days and last time i talked to him about this, his fear was that of a complete collapse of the state structures