Israeli Police Clash with Protesters at Al-Aqsa Mosque


Israeli Police Clash with Protesters at Al-Aqsa Mosque

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Israeli police early Tuesday entered the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian protesters.

Police used stun grenades to disperse the Palestinians, , a police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP, adding that there was "high tension" ahead of discussions expected in the Israeli parliament later Tuesday of a plan to annex the site.

He added that stones thrown by the Palestinians injured two policemen while three protesters were arrested.

Police remain deployed at the site, Rosenfeld said.

The Israeli Knesset, or parliament, is due to debate in the evening a bill introduced by MP Moshe Feiglin, a hardline member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, which envisages the "application of Israeli sovereignty" over the compound.

No vote is envisaged at the end of debate. Netanyahu is opposed to the bill and commentators say it is unlikely to attract much support.

The Al-Aqsa compound, which lies in Jerusalem's Old City, is a flashpoint because of its significance to both Muslims and Jews.

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