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Mahmoud Ilean / AP
Israeli forces enter the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on March 8, 2013. Clashes erupted between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli forces during Friday prayers.
Ammar Awad / Reuters
Palestinians react to tear gas fired by Israeli police during clashes after Friday prayers at a compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.
Mostafa Alkharouf / Reuters
An Israeli police officer falls, engulfed in flames after Palestinian protesters threw firebombs during clashes in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.
Bernat Armangue / AP
A Palestinian man is detained by Israeli security forces in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.
Ammar Awad / Reuters
A Palestinian woman covers her face as a stun grenade fired by Israeli police explodes nearby during clashes in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.
Abir Sultan / EPA
A Palestinian man argues with Israeli police in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 8, 2013.
Bernat Armangue / AP
A Palestinian street vendor walks past Israeli security forces in Jerusalem's Old City on March 8, 2013.
By Lawahez Jabari, Producer, NBC News
TEL AVIV, Israel - Dozens of Israeli security officers and Palestinian worshipers clashed at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday, amid rising tensions ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama.
Al-Aqsa is one of Islam's holiest sites. It is also revered by Jews as the site of their Biblical temple.
Some have blamed a 2000 visit to the area by then-Likud leader Ariel Sharon and Israeli security forces for helping to spark the Palestinians' Second Uprising -- or Intifada. Read the full story.
This story was originally published on Fri Mar 8, 2013 9:32 AM EST
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I have no love for the Palestinians or Islam but it seems strange to see a picture of Israeli police attacking a mosque and an Israeli policeman set on fire. I am a tiny, elderly Asian man but I will never feel intimidated by people praying, no matter how obnoxious they may appear and I certainly have no respect for people who have not learned form their own holocaust.
You're just an ignorant elderly Asian man if you believe the Israelis, who have given the Muslims control of the mosque despite the fact that they built it atop the Jews' ONLY real holy site, would attack the mosque because people are praying.
The al Aqsa mosque was derelict before Israel was founded, with worldwide Muslims not giving a crap about it, though the Ottoman Empire owned almost all the land in what is now/again Israel. They only care about it now because it's built atop the ruins of the Temple.
Think the firebomb was a spontaneous thing? Magically present when the evil Israelis attacked? My azz.
Seriously, who wants a cup of corn? Don't get me wrong I love me some corn but it just seems like there could be something else he could sell.
It pains me to see the violence. I was in Israel in 2010 and it seemed then that the Jews, Muslims and Christians were getting along. We didn't run into any problems at all, and everyone was so friendly. But, this battle has being going on for thousands of years. It will end one day, and that day is probably coming sooner than later.