david: lucy williamson, many thanks indeed. world's largest economy is a mass of contradictions these days. today the u.s. government released figures that show wages are rising and unemployment is at a more than 50 year low. yet, the underlying trends, the figures analysts crunch in an attempt to find out what is really going on, continue to show consumer confidence is low, and what is known as business sentiment is that the sort of level that normally proceeds an economic recession. it is time to call on our business correspondent samira hussain. we have had a week of economic data including tod's jobs report. what are the takeaways here? samira: we knew we would see some softening, or hiring would still be strong, but, it would not be as strong as we have seen in the last few months. the last six months we have seen the u.s. economy has added about 330,000 jobs for month for the last six months. this time we saw 236,000 jobs. it is still a really good jobs report. but it slightly slower and lower in terms of jobs growth then

lucy williamson there live injerusalem.ne of the biggest british pop groups of the early 2000s, paul cattermole of s club seven, has died unexpectedly, at the age of 46. he was found yesterday at his home in dorset. his fellow band members say they're devastated by the news, and he'd be deeply missed. s club 7 sold 10 million albums worldwide, and had four number one hits. his death comes just weeks after the band announced a comeback tour. here's laura tra nt. #sclub... they were one of the biggest pop groups of the late �*90s and early �*00s, famous for their upbeat, catchy hits. # will have to be, now reach... in february, paul and his s club 7 bandmates announced their reunion to mark the band's 25th anniversary. they were planning an ii—day tour of the uk and ireland in october. we're still sort of determining what we're going to put in the set list for the show. the tour was to include nostalgic favourites like reach, bring it all back and never had a dream come true. 46—year—old paul cattermole died at his home in do

lucy williamson, bbc news. >> a short time ago, i spoke with -- who is also in jerusalem.all stemmed from a raid by the israeli police on the al-aqsa mosque. give us background to this and the danger of escalation. >> for months, there have been warnings from officials, diplomats about this very sensitive time with an overlap between ramadan and the jewish holiday of passover. only the second time it has happened in the past three decades. that has put a lot of pressure on this contested holy site in jerusalem. the al-aqsa mosque compoun is a working mosque, has been for over a millennium. during ramadan, muslims flock there. for two nights, during prayers overnight when people have gathered in the mosque, there were these very violent scenes with the israeli police. a large number of arrests. it set the scene because there were warnings from around the region. there could be acts of retaliation about this. particularly from militant groups. we sow rockets fired by palestinian militant groups in gaza. now according to what we ve seen from lebanon, palestinian militant grou

lucy williamson, thank ou.arried out what it says is a mock air blockade of taiwan, using jets carrying live ammunition in the latest escalation of tensions in the south china sea. the us has sent a destroyer to the area in response. china has condemned that as an illegal incursion. china began a series of military exercises just hours after the taiwanese president returned from a visit to the united states. shaima khalil reports. a show of force and fury. for the third and final day, china's military continued what it called 0perationjoint sword, aerial and naval blockade drills to seal off the island and practicing precision strikes on taiwanese targets. the chinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the island's territory. it also confirmed that its aircraft carrier, the shandong, has taken part in monday's exercises. chinese officials said fighter planes loaded with live ammunition had carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.ected nine warships and more than 70 military aircraft — since china announced it would hold three days of live military drills around it. these are the latest pictures of those drills, released by chinese state media. here's a reminder now of the context for all this. taiwan is a self—ruled island off china — which beijing claims as part of its territory. the drills began just hours after taiwan's president tsai ing—wen returned from the us, where she met the house speaker, kevin mccarthy. china warned against that meeting. despite that, us politicians returned the visit. today in the capital taipei, a delegation is being hosted by president tsai. among them is michael mccaul, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. he said washington was working to quickly supply weapons to taiwan. the house foreign affairs committee chairman, i sign off on all foreign military sales, including weapons to taiwan. and i promise you, madam president, we will deliver those weapons and we will p

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.nt yolande knell is following events injerusalem. this is an extremely sensitive time and officials and diplomats have been warning that that could put pressure onjerusalem's most contested holy sites through this period and really could lead to an escalation in violence. that is exactly what we've seen. during the day, there was a lot of concern about what would happen because at the al—aqsa mosque, hundreds of palestinian muslims marking ramadan had barricaded themselves in the mosque. and there were fears there could be another raiding of the mosque by israeli police, as we saw last week. that had caused regional condemnation. instead, actually, what we saw were that israeli police allowed palestinian muslims to stay. you could see that some people were praying in the courtyard of the compound, while the heavily armed police allowed hundreds ofjewish visitors to go around the site for the passover celebrations. a mass prayer that was taking place at the western walljust below, that

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.ents ago about israel coming under rocket fire from palestinian militants in lebanon and gaza and retaliating with airstrikes. that happened earlier this week. now, in the last few hours, the israeli military said on twitter that it has shelled syrian territory after rockets were fired towards israel. we'll bring you more on that developing news as we get it. to iran now, where local media are reporting that dozens more girls have been poisoned in suspected gas attacks on iranian schools. bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi has the latest. six cities across iran were targeted, and in some of the cities, multiple schools were attacked. we started receiving videos from the city of qom, which is the iranian vatican. parents are furious. they're talking to officials, they're shouting at them. there are scenes of chaos and horror in other cities. we have obtained videos from hospitals where parents are picking up a girl student who has fainted on the floor. other students are crying, gasping for

lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. elgindy who explained how this appears to be a serious escalation of tensions. well, we've seen a very serious escalation over the past several weeks. it's just that most of the violence has been directed at palestinians, something like at least more than 80 palestinians already killed since the start of the year. and there's been an uptick in reprisal attacks mostly by loan —— lone wolf palestinian actors opposed to militias. so far, we've seen very little of that, and i think the latest lone wolf attacks are inward direct response to the violence inflicted on palestinian worshipers at the al aqsa mosque. worshipers who were simply praying i think that elicited a response we saw in previous years. what was the justification of this raid on the mosque? justification given by the israelis, the official was that palestinians had barricaded themselves in the mosque and have prevented people from leaving. the reality, based on eyewitness accounts from palestinians who were there and even

lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv.y crisis, protests against a planned judicial overhaul in israel have been held for the fourteenth week in a row. it's thought tens of thousands of people gathered for the main anti—government rally in tel aviv and thousands of officers were deployed. the protesters held a minute's silence for the victims of the violence. earlier i spoke to khaled elgindy who explained how this appears to be a serious escalation of tensions. well, we've seen a very serious escalation over the past several weeks. it's just that most of the violence has been directed at palestinians, something like at least more than 80 palestinians already killed since the start of the year. and there's been an uptick in reprisal attacks mostly by lone wolf palestinian actors opposed to militias. so far, we've seen very little of that, and i think the latest lone wolf attacks are inward direct response to the violence inflicted on palestinian worshipers at the al aqsa mosque. two night in a row, israeli security forces

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.respondent yolande knell is following events for us in jerusalem. she has more on the story. this is an extremely sensitive time and officials and diplomats have been warning that that could put pressure onjerusalem's most contested holy sites through this period and really could lead to an escalation in violence. that is exactly what we've seen. during the day, there was a lot of concern about what would happen because at the al—aqsa mosque, hundreds of palestinian muslims marking ramadan had barricaded themselves in the mosque. and there were fears there could be another raiding of the mosque by israeli police, as we saw last week. that had caused regional condemnation. instead, actually, what we saw were that israeli police allowed palestinian muslims to stay. you could see that some people were praying in the courtyard of the compound, while the heavily armed police allowed hundreds ofjewish visitors to go around the site for the passover celebrations. a mass prayer that was taking

lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv.by khaled elgindy in amsterdam, who is a senior fellow and director at the middle east institute programme on israeli—palestinian affairs. this looks like a very serious escalation of tensions, doesn't it? well, we've seen a very serious escalation over the past several weeks. it'sjust escalation over the past several weeks. it's just that most of the violence has been directed at palestinians, something like at least more than 80 palestinians already killed since the start of the year. and there's been an uptick in reprisal attacks mostly by loan worlds volatility in asters —— lone wolf palestinian actors opposed to militias. so far, we've seen very little of that, and i think the latest lone wolf attacks are inward direct response to the violence inflicted on palestinian worshipers at the alaska mocks —— i'll ask the mosque. worshipers the were simply praying —— al aqsa. i think that elicited a response we saw in previous years. elicited a response we saw in previous yew-— elicited a

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.en leading a mass at st peter's basilica in the vatican on easter sunday. the 86—year—old expressed his "deep concern" about the escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians, and called on the international community to end the war in ukraine. from vatican city, our religion editor, aleem maqbool, reports. from the early hours they streamed into st peter's square for easter mass. people had come from all over the world butjust days ago there had been doubts about whether the pope would be well enough to take part in events at all. some here told of their relief when he appeared but there was still nervousness as to how strong he really was after his bout of bronchitis. once the service got under way, pope francis seemed untroubled. but it was once the mass was over that he appeared most relaxed. though, for the first time he had missed one event on good friday he now successfully negotiated the rest of the toughest week in his calendar. there had been moment in the week during

lucy williamson reporting there. with three party leaders all vying to become the country's next prime minister. opinion polls suggest it'll be a tight race, with sanna marin — who became the world's youngest premier at 3a back in 2019 — battling to stay in power. finland is on the verge of formallyjoining nato, and this election will determine who'll actually lead it into the alliance. ms marin campaigned to voters at a rally in the capital helsinki on saturday. the situation is very tight. we have three parties that are — any of these three parties can win tomorrow and of course we hope that we will enter and continue our work that we have been doing for the last four yea rs. here in the uk, water companies could face unlimited fines for discharging sewage into waterways in england after it was revealed last year saw almost 1000 sewage spills a day. our political correspondent ione wells reports. raw, untreated sewage, pumped into rivers, lakes, streams and the sea. this happened more than 300,000 times in england

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.that's where the french president, emmanuel macron, has been over the last few days. beijing laid out the red carpet for the french leader, but while president macron may have appreciated the pomp and ceremony, his mission was clear — he wants chinese leader xijinping to urge russia to stop the war in ukraine. translation: the russian - aggression in ukraine has ended decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and everyone to the negotiating table. but we need to find a lasting peace. that is to say, a peace that respects internationally recognised borders and avoids any form of escalation. that sounds pretty confident. i spoke to sophia gascon earlier. she's the head of head of foreign policy at the think—tank policy exchange. i think there is some wishful thinking. macron is certainly a leader who likes to practice diplomacy by dialogue. i think it was interesting that he brought ursula von der leyen, the eu commission president, along with hi

lucy williamson reports.day. it's day one of house arrest for the tate brothers and the police have come to check they're on the premises, as they're supposed to be. the judge has said they have to stay in this building for 30 days, until the end of april, but the tates' spokeswoman said they are nonetheless ecstatic to be out of police custody and that there aren't that many restrictions on them while they are under house arrest. they can have visitors into the compound, they can post material online, and they can also talk to the media — although, as you can see, today the media's being kept out here in the rain for the moment. these gates have remained largely shut today, apart from a few comings and goings. but if you look through the gaps, you can see that life is continuing pretty much as it did before. inside the lobby here looks a little bit like the set of a tv show. there's a swimming pool and a small gym. there used to be a fleet of luxury cars but they've now all gone — they've been impounded by t

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.id they cannot guarantee patient safety during four days of strike action byjunior doctors next week. the action will affect planned and emergency care from 7am on tuesday the 11th of april, until 7am on saturday the 15th. the bma union has called for a 35% pay rise to make up for 15 years of below inflation increases. today, it said a credible offer from the health secretary could stop the strike. the government has said 35% is unrealistic and accused the committee running the union of a militant approach. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes with the latest. phone rings. hi, it's the site manager, can i help? the operations room at royal stoke university hospital. where are we at with the ambulance hold now? i think we've got three en route and three on site. the nerve centre, where staff and managers can see the pressure the hospital is facing in realtime. next week's strike byjunior doctors, who make up around half of the hospital's medical workforce, will mean an already

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. air strikes near the syrian capital damascus in the last few hours. israel says it was in response to rockets that struck parts of israel's golan heights that had been fired from within syria and that it hit military targets. details are still emerging and we will keep you updated. taiwan's defence ministry says china is carrying out military drills around the island for a second day. washington's urged china to show restraint after it launched the exercises around taiwan, hours after the taiwanese president tsai ing—wen�*s return home from a trip to the united states. chinese state tv�*s been broadcasting images like these showing its forces carrying out exercises around taiwan. people in england are being warned to expect unparalleled levels of disruption to the national health service after the doctors�* union said it will press ahead with strikes. the health secretary, steve barclay, has accused the british medical assosciation of taking a militant stance, saying the strikes had b

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. have attacked syrian military targets, including radar and artillery positions used by the syrian army. the israeli military has released these images of drone strikes in syria — syrian state media has reported explosions near damascus. israel said it was responding to rocket fire from southern syria into the israeli—controlled golan heights. i'm joined now by akiva eldar in tel aviv. he is a political analyst and contributor to haaretz newspaper. hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going — hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going on _ hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going on in — hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going on in the _ hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going on in the region - hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going on in the region at - hello to you. good morning. hi. so much going on in the region at the | much going on in the region at the moment. let's talk about the air strikes i was just mentioning. moment. let's talk about the air

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. dee speaking there — i'm joined now by his close friend rabbi mordechai ginsbury — the senior rabbi at hendon united synagogue where rabbi leo dee and his family lived for three years. thank you very much for talking to us today. i understand he came to work as an assistant rabbi?- work as an assistant rabbi? thank ou, aood work as an assistant rabbi? thank you, good afternoon. _ work as an assistant rabbi? thank you, good afternoon. yes, - work as an assistant rabbi? thank you, good afternoon. yes, he - work as an assistant rabbi? thank i you, good afternoon. yes, he came with his delightful family you, good afternoon. yes, he came with his delightfulfamily in you, good afternoon. yes, he came with his delightful family in 2008. it was the beginning of his journey into the rabbinate, he had been studying in israel forfour years and he came tojoin us as a studying in israel forfour years and he came to join us as a rookie rabbi but soon made his mark and felt a home in the community a

from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports.ught in, the wailing of rina's teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn't even know yet that they are dead. they were travelling from their west bank settlement to the sea of galilee for a family holiday this week when their israeli car came underfire. among the mourners today, israel's national security minister, itamar ben—gvir — a hard—right leader, who was once a member of a banned extremist group. each unique loss here pulls up deep, unresolved questions about land, security and rights. funerals are the fingerprints of this conflict. contested land mapped by the graves of israelis and palestinians. tensions have rise

our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv. warning — her piece contains some distressing images. last night, tel aviv�*s holiday crowds became targets. gunfire. this, the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. people shout. you can hear the fear of people filming nearby. the driver was a 45—year—old man from a nearby town who drove his car into pedestrians, killing an italian man named as alessandro parini, and injuring five others, three of them british. we heard gunfire. we saw shots and then we saw people sprinting across the street and then we heard sirens and we decided it was time to get out of here. today, the car's journey through the grass is marked with flowers and candles. tributes to the tourist who died. this is where the attack happened last night, right on tel aviv�*s promenade. hours afterwards, you've got locals and tourists already gathering here. on a warm weekend evening this place would have been packed with people. one of the doctors treating the injured said some had broken bo

and a short time ago, lucy williamson gave us this update from jerusalem. is that the promenade has filled up with people again. you can probably tell from behind me just how popular this place is, and certainly yesterday evening, a warm spring evening, it would have been a very soft target indeed. it was the second attack to take place yesterday, the other attack i mentioned there, the killing of two british—israeli sisters in the occupied west bank. their mother is still critically ill in hospital and israeli police are still searching for those responsible for that attack. this sort of ad hoc attack is something that has been seen here increasingly over the past few months but this week in particular this sort of ad hoc attack is something that's been seen here increasingly over the past few months, but this week in particular, it comes at a time when tensions have really taken a step up between israel and the palestinian militant groups here. we've seen dozens of rockets fired from gaza and also from lebanon, israeli air strikes in those places, too. an

lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. these are life pictures in tel aviv.t a planned judicial overhaul in israel are to go ahead for the 14th week in a row, amid a security crisis that has seen a call—up of army and border police reservists. to iran now, where local media reports that dozens of schoolgirls have been poisoned in several schools. this phenomenon began last november and since then there have been reports of poisoning incidents from gases or toxic substances. in some cases, students have been hospitalised. let's go to our newsroom to learn more about this and bbc persian service's parham ghobadi is standing by. how widespread is this. it seems extremely widespread? just before cominu extremely widespread? just before comin: to extremely widespread? just before coming to the _ extremely widespread? just before coming to the studio, _ extremely widespread? just before coming to the studio, the - extremely widespread? just before coming to the studio, the targeted | coming to the studio, the targeted rose to six, and as you remember, for several m

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.cal media are reporting that dozens more girls have been poisoned in suspected gas attacks on iranian schools. bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi has the latest. six cities across iran were targeted, and in some of the cities, multiple schools were attacked. we started receiving videos from the city of qom, which is the iranian vatican. parents are furious. they're talking to officials, they're shouting at them. there are scenes of chaos and horror. in other cities, we have obtained videos from hospitals where parents are picking up a girl student who has fainted on the floor. other students are crying, gasping for breath on hospital beds, and we have reports that in the north—western town of ardabil and also in the southern kurdish town in western iran, the hospitals are packed with schoolgirls. reports of poisonings have become frequent. no girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. at the beginning of this month, bbc reality check looke

lucy williamson live in jerusalem, thank you. that the accountancy firm which audits the scottish national party's finances has resigned. johnston carmichael says it's taken the decision after a review of its client portfolio. the former chief executive of the snp, peter murrell, was arrested and then released without charge on wednesday as part of a police investigation into the party's finances. 0ur scotland correspondent, jamie mcivor, is in glasgow. how much of a surprise is this? certainly this comes at the end of what is frankly one of the worst weeks in the history of the snp. a police investigation into the snp�*5 finances began nearly two years ago. then on wednesday the police began a two—day search at the home of former chief executive peter murrell and his wife, former fir5t chief executive peter murrell and his wife, former first minister nicola sturgeon. the bbc has now found out from various sources within the political and business world5 within the political and business worlds that the snp�*5 auditor5 have now r

from jerusalem our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. nsciousness. the hospital today said she had died from herfatal injuries, just today said she had died from her fatal injuries, just a day after her husband, the rabbi, buried their two daughters who were pronounced dead at the scene of the attack. he denied has given a very emotional statement after the announcement that his wife has also died. the statement was fairly short, it was both personal and political. he spoke about the time when he realised it was his family caught up in the attack that he had been hearing about and he described trying to call his wife, getting no answer, calling his daughters, getting no answer again and then realising had a missed call from his younger daughter that he hadn't heard and hadn't picked up which he said would continue to haunt him. but in a sign of how close personal tragedy can be here, too, the political, he also had a much wider message and called on people to differentiate between good and evil. he said that moral relativism should be avo

our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem.srael says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group hamas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza at israel overnight. most were intercepted or landed in open ground, but one hit a house in the southern israeli town of sterot. speaking before a security meeting last night, benjamin netanyahu said any internal debate in israel would not prevent it from acting against its enemies, saying "we are all united in this." but there are fears these sorts of tit—for—tat exchanges could escalate into a wider conflict, as has happened in the past. this is a particular are particularly sensitive time, because you have holidays for muslims, jews and christians all converging, meaning any incidents around the

earlier, i asked our correspondent lucy williamson injerusalem about the latest developments there. to clear the mosque after a group of palestinians barricaded themselves inside. they said they were targeted with fireworks and stones. there's video footage that has come out from both sides, showing quite dramatic scenes inside the mosque. you can see the fireworks exploding towards the israeli police forces. there's also other footage showing the police beating people inside the mosque with batons and what looks like other weapons. these sorts of scenes have been seen before in the al—aqsa compound. the risk is that because it's such a sensitive site, it will risk a wider conflict erupting, particularly because there are two religious holidays happening at the same time at the moment, the jewish festival of passover and the muslim holy month of ramadan. last night, we saw rockets fired from the gaza strip towards israel. no injuries reported there. israeli air strikes in the gaza strip have also taken against the militant group hamas. this is a regular flashpoint, isn't it? it is t

let's hear from our correspondent in jerusalem, lucy williamson.ister benjamin netanyahu visited the site where two british—israeli women were killed yesterday and vowed to find those responsible. he said they had done it with the other attacks taken place in the occupied west bank. just to remind people, these two british—israeli women were young, sisters, from the settlement of efrat, south ofjerusalem, and they were travelling through the west bank in an israeli car going on holiday with their mother when the car was shot at. the two women were killed, the mother is now critically injured and in hospital. israeli police are still searching for the attacker, so we don't have too many more details about that. later on last night, in tel aviv, another attack, a car driven, israeli police say, by a man from the nearby town, kafr qasim, who drove along the beach road veered off into the cycle path and hit several pedestrians. one man was killed, an italian man, alessandro parini. he was 36. local media are saying he was here on holiday. the italian p

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.ecause thatis let's turn to china now because that is where the french president has been over the last two days at. beijing laid out the red carpet for the french leader but while president macron may have appreciated the pomp and ceremony his mission was clear. he wants the chinese president xijinping to urge russia to stop the war in ukraine. translation: stop the war in ukraine. tuna/mom- stop the war in ukraine. translation: the russian aggression _ translation: the russian aggression in _ translation: the russian aggression in ukraine - translation: the russian aggression in ukraine has. translation: the russian - aggression in ukraine has ended decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and everyone to the negotiating table. but we need to find a lasting peace. that is to say a peace that respects internationally recognised borders and avoids any form of escalation. he borders and avoids any form of escalation-— escalation. he sounds pret

earlier i asked our correspondent lucy williamson injerusalem about the latest developments there. police say they went in to clear the mosque after a group of palestinians barricaded themselves inside. they said they were targeted with fireworks and stones. there's video footage that has come out from both sides, showing quite dramatic scenes inside the mosque. these themes have been seen before at the al—aqsa mosque but the danger is they can trigger a wider conflict and already overnight we've seen rockets fired from the gaza strip towards israel, no injuries reported there and israeli air force carrying out air raids against targets in the gaza strip. several locations linked to the militant group how —— hamas. things have quietened down but we are heading into the week where passover coincides with ramadan and security forces particularly around the old city ofjerusalem and temple mount or hiram sharif as its known to muslims are on high alert for any incidents that could prove a flash point. we've seen attempts by some jewish activists to bring animals up to temple mount the

lucy williamson has this update on the conflict in israel. attacks on multiple fronts from gaza, from south lebanon and also from syria. israel responding with air strikes in those areas and a lot of the rise in tension has been attributed to the actions of israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque here injerusalem. there were scenes of the police going in to clear the mosque of people who were barricading themselves inside and confrontations between the two inside the mosque. today, in the last couple of days, it seems the israeli police have taken a slightly different approach. there have been religious visits byjewish worshippers to the same compound, and that was the reason the israeli police gave for trying to clear the mosque in the first place. but in the last couple of days, they've taken a slightly different tactic. they've allowed people to stay inside the mosque and have simply increased security between the two groups of people as thosejewish visitors crossed over the compound. they've also made efforts to keep young men out of the mos