ISRAEL POLICE STORM AL-AQSA MOSQUE FOLLOWING BLOODY CLASHES IN JERUSALEM

Jerusalem shooting: Shooting sparks Palestinian-police clashes in Jerusalem
Reporting from Jerusalem — With U.S.-brokered Peace Talks hanging by a thread, clashes erupted in East Jerusalem on Wednesday after a private Israeli Security Guard, working for Jewish residents of an Arab-dominated area, shot to death a Palestinian man during an early-morning altercation. Hours later, following the Funeral of the slain man, Samer Sarhan, 32, Palestinian youths in the restive Silwan neighborhood confronted Israeli Police, throwing rocks, setting three cars on fire and...

Clashes in Jerusalem after settler guard kills Palestinian
Clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Wednesday after a Jewish settlement Guard shot dead a Palestinian, who Police say was part of a crowd who ambushed him in the annexed Arab eastern part of the city. Several people were wounded as violence flared throughout the day, with Palestinians torching three vehicles and Israeli Police eventually entering the nearby flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, sacred to both Jews and Muslims. The violence came as negotiators sought to reach a Compromise on the...

Police announce calm after riots end in east Jerusalem
Dozens of Palestinians on Wednesday that barricaded themselves in the al-Aksa Mosque on Temple Mount in Jerusalem dispersed and left the scene after Israeli Security forces exited the area. Police reported that a relative calm has been restored in the area after a day of violent clashes. RELATED: Pre-dawn riots in Silwan subdued with no injuries Palestinians attack forces in Silwan The violence started when riots erupted in Silwan early in the morning after a 35-year-old East Jerusalem...

Jerusalem flare-up after Israeli kills Palestinian
Jerusalem - An Israeli Security Guard killed a Palestinian in an Arab neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday, triggering clashes between police and rioters, including in the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Police said they entered the plaza to push back Palestinians who had thrown rocks at the nearby Jewish prayer site the Western Wall. The Palestinians withdrew into the Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest shrine, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or further confrontations, a...

LIVE STREAM at 2:00 pm TODAY: Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad at New America
The violent clashes currently underway in East Jerusalem, sparked by the shooting of a Palestinian man by a private guard protecting Israeli settlers, have once again demonstrated the Volatility and hair-trigger tensions in Jerusalem and in the region that can explode at the slightest provocation. Yet even as Riot Police are dispersing Palestinians in the Old City, direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis continue, President Obama yesterday at the United Nations called for greater...

Hope for peace talks remain despite tensions in east Jerusalem
An Israeli Police Officer wearing a gas mask walks past a car set on fire by Palestinian rioters during clashes outside Jerusalem's Old City The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has said he may remain in Peace Talks even if the Israelis resume construction in Jewish Settlements in the occupied West Bank after a 10-month building Moratorium expires. His comments signal a dramatic about-turn days before the end of the Moratorium, and could head off an early challenge to the newly revived Peace...

Rhetoric Aside, Settlement 'Freeze' Has Meant Very Little
Sunday the Israeli government will allow the “partial settlement freeze” in the West Bank to expire, and settlers are hyping it as an opportunity to finally break free of the restrictive policy and resume construction in earnest. Palestinians are appalled, insisting that the end of the freeze will do major damage to the peace process. But Rhetoric aside, the end of the freeze will likely mean very little, as the freeze itself has done next to nothing. Analysis from the Associated...

Bill Clinton's comments on Russian immigrants in Israel draw criticism
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Suggesting that Russian immigrants in Israel pose an obstacle to a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, former U.S. President Bill Clinton stepped into the mire of Middle Eastern politics this week, prompting a wave of criticism from Israeli politicians. Clinton, speaking at a panel discussion of his Clinton Global Initiative on Tuesday, told audience members: "An increasing number of the Young People in the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] are the Children of...

Israeli security guard shoots dead Palestinian man
Israeli construction in the middle of Palestinian residential areas in Silwan has caused tensions in the area. Photograph: Omar Robert Hamilton An Israeli Security Guard shot dead a Palestinian man thismorning during clashes in a contested East Jerusalem neighbourhood. Another Palestinian man was critically injured in the incident near a Jewish settlement in the Silwan district, the scene of frequent tensions over the presence of settlers and over municipal plans to destroy Palestinian homes to...

President Obama Urges Leaders to Support Peace Negotiations
BBC News reports that President Obama urged world leaders to support Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations at the 65th UN General Assembly in New York. Talking of the negotiations that started on September 2, Obama says, We have traveled a winding road over the last 12 months, with few peaks and many valleys. He added, "But this month, I am pleased that we have pursued direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians in Washington, Sharm el-Sheikh and Jerusalem." "Israel's settlement...

Killing by Israeli guard sparks riots
A Palestinian man was shot dead by an Israeli private Security Guard, provoking a day of Rioting in Jerusalem that left at least a dozen injured and raised fears of a new cycle of violence. The death also cast light on the role played by private Security Guards, who are hired to protect Jewish Settlements in Palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. EDITORS CHOICE Israel warns against missile sale to Syria

Obama: 'We have traveled a winding road' to Middle East peace
The White House has released excerpts from President Obama's upcoming Speech to the United Nations, dealing with the new Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The president is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m.: Last year, I pledged my best efforts to support the goal of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security, as part of a comprehensive peace between Israel and all of its neighbors. We have traveled a winding road over the last twelve months, with few peaks and many...

Security guard blamed for east Jerusalem riots
Just Journalism reported yesterday on the BBC online coverage of the violence in East Jerusalem, which started after a Security Guard shot and killed a Palestinian man. The BBCs initial account ignored Israeli reports that the Guard encountered a preplanned ambush which put his life in danger, prompting him to open fire (Ynet), and even an updated version concentrated on tensions caused by settler activity, rather than emphasizing the trigger incident. The broadsheet coverage today has...

Most Palestinians support peace talks: poll
Jerusalem — Most Palestinians support the decision to renew Peace Talks with Israel and oppose armed struggle, but few expect the negotiations to lead anywhere, according to a poll published on Thursday. The survey by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre (JMCC) found that 54.3 percent of Palestinians believe that the decision to relaunch Talks on September 2 "serves the interests of the Palestinian people," with 34 percent saying it was harmful to them. The same poll found that...

DEATH TOLL RISES IN JERUSALEM AS SETTLERS STRENGTHEN THEIR GRIP
Very early this morning in Silwan Village, a patrol of private armed guards stopped near a group of unarmed Palestinian men who were on the Wadi Hilweh Street. According to eyewitness reports, the guards spoke provocatively to the Palestinians, and an argument took place between them. It was during the verbal argument that eyewitnesses say the settlement guards opened fire on the Palestinian men. The two injured were brought to Ein Kerem Hospital. One of the Palestinians, Samer Sarhan, who...

A history lesson in Jerusalem
My wife left Jerusalem two days ago after her first visit here. It meant a lot to me to see this place through her eyes. So what did she think? She fell in love with Jerusalem and vows to come back here soon. It wasnt just the antiquity and the architecture, but the spiritual resonance of the place. Jerusalem calls to people whose values are not strictly materialistic. My wife reveled in that. We spent one day in Tel Aviv and she wanted to get out of there quickly. She told me...

Jerusalem clashes after man shot
Violent clashes have erupted in parts of East Jerusalem after a Palestinian man was shot and killed by an Israeli Security Guard. After the shooting in the Silwan area, Protesters threw stones at Israeli Police, who fired back using Tear Gas. Hours later, Israeli Police briefly entered the area around the Al-Aqsa Mosque to disperse Protesters there. The status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading the main story Related...

Rendell: "Deeply embarrassed" over spying on peaceful groups
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell apologized Tuesday to groups whose entirely lawful events were the subject of regular anti-terrorism reports provided by a Philadelphia-based Israeli-American outfit to state Law Enforcement agencies, the AP reports : An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell apologized Tuesday to groups whose peaceful Protests or events, from an Animal Rights demonstration to a gay and Lesbian festival, were the subject of regular anti-terrorism bulletins being distributed by his...

Israel jails Arab activists for vague 'contact with a foreign agent' offence
A vague security offence of "contact with a foreign agent" is being used by Israel's secret Police, the Shin Bet, to lock up Arab Political Activists in Israel without evidence that a Crime has been committed, Human Rights lawyers alleged this week. The lawyers said the Shin Bet was exploiting the Law to characterise innocent or accidental meetings between members of Israel's large Arab minority and Arab foreign nationals as criminal activity. The chances of such contacts have increased rapidly...

Israeli police storm Jerusalem mosque compound
Israeli Police forces have stormed a disputed Jerusalem holy site to stop Palestinian rioters from throwing stones at Jewish worshippers.

Renee Ellmers Ad: No Muslim "Victory Mosque" at Ground Zero
Renee Ellmers, who is trying to unseat Democratic Rep. Bob Etheridge in North Carolina, is out with an ad in which "the Muslims" and "the Terrorists" seem to be used more or less interchangeably. The ad is focused on the planned Islamic Cultural Center a few blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center. In the spot, a narrator says, "After the Muslims conquered Jerusalem, and Cordoba, and Constantinople they built victory Mosques. And, now, they want to build a Mosque by Ground...

JUSTIN RAIMONDO: The Pollard Principle
On July 13 of this year, the municipal government of Jerusalem honored one of Israels most popular national heroes, a man who had suffered and sacrificed his all for the Jewish State, and is recognized by practically everyone as not only a hero but a modern exemplar of Zionist virtue. As evening fell, lights illuminating the walls of the Old City were dimmed as a gesture of solidarity with convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, reported Haaretz . As part of Tuesdays event, a...

Temple Mount riot shows tough balancing act for Mahmoud Abbas
The Temple Mount riot in Jerusalem erupted after a Palestinian was killed by an Israeli Security Guard. Rising tensions are a challenge for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

UN experts condemn Israel attack on Gaza flotilla
Geneva, September 22 - An attack by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid Flotilla in May was unlawful and resulted in violations of Human Rights and international Humanitarian law, a panel of international experts said on Wednesday. The three experts, nominated by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the Israeli attack in which nine pro-Palestinian Activists -- eight Turks and one Turkish American -- were killed, also said that Israels Blockade of Gaza had caused a...

Pressing for Peace
Obama to call for the world to unite around the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in UN Speech.