The combustible mountain

In Israel, the situation sharply worsened after increasing safety measures on the temple mountain, reports The Jerusalem Post. On Friday evening, in the Jewish settlement, Khalamish on the western bank of the Jordan River, a terrorist attack was committed, which claimed the lives of three people.

The Palestinian armed with a knife mortally wounded two men and a woman. Another woman was hospitalized. The settler living in the neighboring house shot at the terrorist and wounded him. The attacker was the 19-year-old resident of the Palestinian village of Kubar, the suburbs of Ramalla.

On Friday, next to the entrance to the Al-Aksa mosque on the temple mountain, the Israeli authorities established the scope-metallic retinagers. Thousands of Muslims refused to pass through them and spread prayer rugs on the streets and began to pray.

After prayer in East Jerusalem and on the western coast, clashes occurred between the Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces. Three demonstrators were killed. According to Palestinian officials, hundreds of people were injured as a result of clashes.

The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced the freezing of contacts with Israel at all levels. In his television speech, he could say that official contacts with Israel would not rejoice until the metal detective frames are removed from the temple mountain. Abbas accused Israel of an attempt to take control of a place, sacred for both Muslims and for the Jews.

The Israeli authorities introduced increased security measures on the temple mountain, after the three Palestinian terrorists a week ago, they opened fire on law enforcement officials there . Two policemen were killed, one was wounded. The attackers tried to hide in one of the mosques, but during the persecution, the security forces were shot dead.

By order of the commander of the Jerusalem District of the police, the temple mountain was cleared of visitors, and all the gates leading to it were closed. Friday prayer on the temple mountain was canceled. Mufti Jerusalem Sheikh Muhammad Hussein sharply opposed this. He called on the Palestinians not to obey the ban, after which he was detained. Hussein. He urged the Palestinians not to obey the ban and “challenge the closing” of the Temple Mount. As a result, the Israeli authorities decided to detain the mufti, as well as his predecessor in this post, Ikrim Sabri.

In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abbas resolutely condemned the attack on the temple mountain. However, the Government of the Palestinian autonomy condemned the actions taken by the Israeli authorities after the attack, and called them "terrorist."

Hamas did not take responsibility for this terrorist attack, claiming that the three attackers were activists of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement and took revenge on the Jews for "the desecration of the Al-Aksa mosque."