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Israel: Palestinians Stockpiling Rocks Inside Al-Aqsa Mosque


(Times of Israel) Hundreds of young Palestinian men are now routinely stockpiling large quantities of rocks and slabs of stone in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, in order to attack Israeli security forces, security officials told Israel's Channel 2 news. Israeli officials said young Palestinian men were being allowed to hide out in the mosque by the authorities from the Waqf, or Muslim Trust, that administers the site, and that they used the holy place as a stronghold for what have become routine attacks on Israeli security forces.
2014-04-17 00:00:00
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