The Philadelphia Inquirer · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 18 April 2022
CP-2022-015
Clashes erupt again at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site
Palestinian aid workers said 17 were injured in unrest after Israeli police entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque site.
By Josef Federman, Associated Press, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERUSALEM — Israeli police on Sunday entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City to secure the way for Jewish visitors to the flashpoint holy site, fueling clashes that left 17 Palestinians wounded, according to Palestinian medical workers… Israeli police accused Palestinians of ‘defiling and desecrating’ a holy site, while Palestinian officials accused Israel of trying to divide the sensitive holy site.
‘What happened in Al-Aqsa Mosque is a dangerous escalation, the repercussions of which are to be borne by the Israeli government alone,’ said Nabil Abu Rdeneh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas… Amateur videos circulating on social media appeared to show police officers using batons to subdue arrested Palestinians and clear people from the esplanade, drawing accusations they were using excessive force.
In one video, an officer clubbed an apparently unarmed man as he stood next to a child.”
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Three papers ran this dispatch in the same week under three headlines. This one puts the wounded in the line under the headline and the word clashes in the headline.
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"Clashes erupt again at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 April 2022, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2022-015. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2022-015
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