bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg in jerusalem. | joel greenberg injerusalem.e, the pope made his easter sunday address and spoke about the recent violence between israel and the palestinians. let's listen. translation: on this day, lord, we entrust _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you the _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you the city - translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you the city of - we entrust to you the city of jerusalem, the first witness of your resurrection. may there be a resumption of dialogue and a climate of trust and reciprocal respect between israelis and palestinians so that peace may rain in the holy city and in the entire region. now to yemen, where delegations from saudi arabia and oman are holding peace talks with yemen's houthi rebels, aimed at reaching a ceasefire there. the talks are happening in the country's capital sana'a, which is controlled by the houthis. this isn't the first ceasefire attempt

i spoke to bbc monitoring reporter, joel greenberg, for more. welcome to you.saw violent scenes at the al—aqsa mosque earlier this week when israeli police moved in. last night we also saw muslim worshippers once again barricading themselves inside. we didn't have the same outcome, the police didn't move in. do we have a clear idea as to why? i think, first of all, the israeli experience with what happened last week maybe forced some second thoughts on the part of the police about how best to handle this situation. i think the results of external intervention, diplomacy, we know that the jordanians, jordan put out a public statement yesterday, in real time as this was unfolding, warning against any action that would cause more conflict and more clashes at the scene. so while we don't know the whole story, it seems that the israeli authorities decided it was best to handle it differently and they did not go into that area of the mosque that was shut by the worshippers inside and, in the end, there were no confrontations, though there was tension in the morning w

bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg injerusalem. good to talk to you. thank you.nd 0man are holding peace talks with yemen's houthi rebels aimed at reaching a ceasefire there. the talks are happening in the country's capital sana'a, which is controlled by the houthis. this isn't the first ceasefire attempt, but it is significant, as the bbc�*s sebastian usher explains. there was a temporary ceasefire last year, which expired in october. that helped calm the situation, that helped bring in confidence—building measures. and although it expired, there's been no realflare—up in the fighting since. so i think the very basic aim of these talks will be to ensure that another ceasefire is put in place. but i think it's more ambitious than that, and that's certainly what is coming out from unnamed sources. there's been nothing official from either the saudi side or the houthis on this, but i think the aim is to have at least a considerably longer ceasefire, if not a permanent ceasefire, which would be at least the start of the end of this war that's dragged on for eight ye