Violent clashes erupt at Jerusalem's holiest site

Monday 26th October, 06:33 AM JST

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grafton at 11:29 PM JST - 25th October

”Israel captured the compound from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast War”

If we must have a little history lesson might it not be a good idea to get it right? Jordan (Transjorden at the time) captured the compound from the Palestinians in the 1948 war. As part of the partition agreement the British handed it over to Palestine. Part of the reason we get so many anti Israeli post here is because many of the posters only know what newspapers tell them and the above twisted history is mild by comparison to much else I have seen.
anthony39 at 09:25 AM JST - 26th October
grafton - i see your version of history is also inaccurate, your words twisted.

If the media and historical recount cannot be trusted, then we must view current facts:

> stalled peace talks and ongoing Israeli construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank
- in contravension of UN resolution 242 which Israel continues to ignore.
Alan at 10:18 AM JST - 26th October

LOL. Jewish stormtroopers fighting Palestinian neanderthals over onwnership of Mohammed's holy helipad and the world's most sacred demolition site. That place has got way too much religion.
eigonosensei at 04:25 PM JST - 26th October

Stun grenades and plexiglass shields VS rocks, plastic chairs, T-shirts and scarves. Israel has already lost the "who has the biggest balls" war.
Damien15 at 05:54 PM JST - 26th October

Not that violent, we've seen worse.
WilliB at 12:03 PM JST - 27th October

Alan:

" LOL. Jewish stormtroopers fighting Palestinian neanderthals over onwnership of Mohammed's holy helipad and the world's most sacred demolition site. That place has got way too much religion. "

In the event, the Jews had this as their holiest site for thousands of years, before your muslim neanderthals built (in typical fashion) a mosque on top of it and claimed it their own. (And their only historical claim to the site is that Mohammed visited it in a dream...).

And no, all the various religions in the area get along quite well, with the exception of one, which believes that it (according to its founder) it must "dominate, not be dominated". Guess which one that is.