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Clashes in Jerusalem after shooting of rabbi

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Al-Aqsa mosque shut down after far right-wing Israeli, advocating for greater access to holy site, wounded in shooting.

Clashes have erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem a day after a gunman on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded a far-right rabbi.

Israel announced shutting down of the al-Aqsa mosque following Wednesday's shooting of Yehud

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/terrorism-security/2014/1031/Jerusalem-holy-site-reopens-as-tensions-churn

Amid heavy security, access to Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site was reopened for Muslim prayers Friday, a day after Palestinians decried its temporary closure by Israel as a “declaration of war.”

Tensions remained high in Jerusalem in the aftermath of an assassination attempt against a Jewish activist and the killing Thursday of his alleged assailant by police.

Early prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, passed without incident, and only limited clashes between young Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police were subsequently reported in East Jerusalem. But Israeli security forces remained on high alert, bracing for afternoon demonstrations in the city and in the West Bank after both Fatah and Hamas called for Friday to be a “day of rage.”

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You are going there, right? How is the special campaign?

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You are going there, right? How is the special campaign?

My application is in. So if approved, yes.