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Palestinians clash with IDF as Israel limits entry for Ramadan
By Reuters
Tags: West Bank, Israel 

Hundreds of Palestinians hurled rocks at Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the West Bank after the army blocked them from attending Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, witnesses said.

Israel restricted Palestinian access to Jerusalem to men older than 50 and women over 45, angering would-be worshipers eager to reach Islam's third holiest shrine for prayers on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

One Palestinian was injured when he was struck on the head by a tear-gas grenade fired by soldiers trying to disperse a crowd at the Kalandia crossing, which leads to the city of Ramallah where the Western-backed government of President Mahmoud Abbas is based.
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Israeli police said some 90,000 worshipers attended prayers at al-Aqsa, which sits on the complex in the walled Old City known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif.

Palestinian access to Jerusalem is already limited because Israel requires those who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to obtain hard-to-get permits. Palestinian officials have demanded that Israel provide open access for worshipers.

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      1.   Ramadan-religious perspective 19:48  |  Arie 05/09/08
      2.   THIS IS TRUE PEACE: Hundreds of Palestinians hurled rocks 20:06  |  Noam 05/09/08
      3.   Is there any valid reason? 22:22  |  Silvienne 05/09/08
      4.   Why the age discrimination against Islamic worshipers by Israel? 22:33  |  Maureen Ann 05/09/08
      5.   Outrageous that Muslims cannot vist their hold shrines during 23:21  |  lakshmi 05/09/08
      6.   UMMMM Lakshmi, what part of "90,000 worshipers attended prayers 00:14  |  Robert 06/09/08
      7.   Israel is acting like Jordan before 1967 00:15  |  Joey 06/09/08
      8.   More outrageous 00:20  |  Jay Colbe 06/09/08
      9.   wrong not if you are at war. outragous that jews were not allowed 00:37  |  ralph 06/09/08
      10.   durson, silvienne, lakshmi - forgetting something 00:45  |  Adrian de Klerk 06/09/08
      11.   #1 silvenne - yes there is a valid reason 00:51  |  Adrian de Klerk 06/09/08
      12.   Why allow them in? 01:09  |  jackie 06/09/08
      13.   This is a fitting comment ... 01:47  |  Axel 06/09/08
      14.   Standing room only 02:21  |  utagawa 06/09/08
      15.   jackie 12 03:57  |  potobac 06/09/08
      16.   Israel Now Practicing Age Descrimination as Well 06:10  |  Johan Odin 06/09/08
      17.   Arie exposes himself as a racist bigot. 06:35  |  Jon Jaye 06/09/08
      18.   #7 Joey could you give me the chapter/verse 07:52  |  MaryRose 06/09/08
      19.   it`s not new 08:40  |  rm 06/09/08
      20.   Robert - why 90,000 only? 09:29  |  Palestinian Brit 06/09/08
      21.   Jackie - what Christian holiday? 09:33  |  Palestinian Brit 06/09/08
      22.   N0 14. Before the got to the Mosque? 09:35  |  Palestinian Brit 06/09/08
      23.   Past behaviour predicts future behaviour 10:38  |  Dr Phil 06/09/08
      24.   Potobac 21 12:41  |  Jackie 06/09/08
      25.   Age discrimination 12:46  |  Jackie 06/09/08
      26.   to Jay Colbe 12:50  |  Jackie 06/09/08
      27.   Can you describe the rocks size? 15:02  |  Shadi Fadda 06/09/08
      28.   Shadi Fadda 15:59  |  x-ray 06/09/08
      29.   Palestinian Brit #20 16:06  |  Robert 06/09/08
      30.   Relevancy of History 16:53  |  utagawa 06/09/08
      31.   #16, Odin 17:25  |  howiej 06/09/08
      32.   Palestinian Birt (#20) Can Al Aqsa facilitate 3,000,000 people? 18:12  |  Gil 06/09/08
      33.   Better to restrict entry to Muslims over 120 20:32  |  Realist 06/09/08
      34.   Shadi from Beirut 22:42  |  Jackie 06/09/08
      35.   Questions about Muslim prayer 22:45  |  Jackie 06/09/08
      36.   REAL RELIGIOUS FREEDEOM THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST 23:13  |  John Isenhower 06/09/08
      37.   1.4 million 23:59  |  mark 06/09/08
      38.   Robert. ALL Palestinians should be free to visit Jerusalem. 00:03  |  Palestinian Brit 07/09/08
      39.   Gil - 3,000,000 00:08  |  Palestinian Brit 07/09/08
      40.   Jackie and the dead woman..... 00:16  |  Palestinian Brit 07/09/08
      41.   How Kind of Israel TO let Any Arabs in! 00:28  |  Baruch Gold 07/09/08
      42.   Mark....how wrong you are! 01:03  |  Palestinian Brit 07/09/08
      43.   to Baruch Gold 01:23  |  cheer4 07/09/08
      44.   to jackie 01:30  |  cheer4 07/09/08
      45.   to Baruch Gold 01:46  |  cheer4 07/09/08
      46.   #5 lakshmi...90,000 is a whole lot of people 02:22  |  Lynn 07/09/08
      47.   #43 to Cheer4 02:55  |  Baruch Gold 07/09/08
      48.   All Jews should be free to visit Mecca 03:01  |  yearning 07/09/08
      49.   Johan playing the fool 06:02  |  judith 07/09/08
      50.   #10, Adrian de Klerk...forgetting something, were we? 07:42  |  Silvienne 07/09/08
      51.   To Arie if you restrict Muslims, some day Jews will be restricted 08:32  |  gus 07/09/08
      52.   descriptions 19:24  |  najeeb 10/03/09
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