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June 3, 2019

Police Tear-Gas, Arrest Palestinian Protesters as Israeli Settlers Enter Al-Aqsa Mosque
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In Jerusalem, hundreds of ultranationalist Jewish settlers entered the
Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday flanked by heavily armed Israeli forces,
provoking protests by Palestinians. Police arrested seven people, using
tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse the protesters. It
was the first time in three decades that Israel allowed Jews into the
site during the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and came
on Jerusalem Day-an Israeli commemoration of the 1967 occupation of East
Jerusalem.


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