Far-right Israeli MP visits Jerusalem's al-Aqsa compound
- 10 years ago
Far-right Israeli MP Moshe Feiglin defies Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and enters Jerusalem's al-Aqsa compound.
For decades, Jews have been allowed to visit al-Aqsa -- which holds significance for both Jews and Muslims -- but not allowed to pray there.
Now Feiglin is on a campaign to change that.
SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI LAWMAKER, MOSHE FEIGLIN, SAYING:
"I call the government, I call the Prime Minister to change this attitude and to open the mountain to every Jew who wants to come and in a peaceful way to pray, pray to God at his holiest site."
Earlier this week, clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians...
...after an Israeli-American activist, who had spoken out against the prayer ban, was shot and seriously wounded...
...and the suspect, a Palestinian man, was killed by Israeli police.
Amid rising tension, Netanyahu says he's determined to preserve the status-quo.
(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
For decades, Jews have been allowed to visit al-Aqsa -- which holds significance for both Jews and Muslims -- but not allowed to pray there.
Now Feiglin is on a campaign to change that.
SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI LAWMAKER, MOSHE FEIGLIN, SAYING:
"I call the government, I call the Prime Minister to change this attitude and to open the mountain to every Jew who wants to come and in a peaceful way to pray, pray to God at his holiest site."
Earlier this week, clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians...
...after an Israeli-American activist, who had spoken out against the prayer ban, was shot and seriously wounded...
...and the suspect, a Palestinian man, was killed by Israeli police.
Amid rising tension, Netanyahu says he's determined to preserve the status-quo.
(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER