Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Jerusalem clashes

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Sat, 22 Jul 2017 - 04:32 GMT

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CAIRO – 22 July 2017: An Arab emergency meeting will be held at Cairo-based Arab League to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian clashes that took place in Jerusalem and the West Bank, Arab diplomatic sources told Egypt Today on Saturday.

It is expected that the meeting would convene in the coming few days, the sources added on condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to brief the media.
They said that the Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit is conducting intensive contacts with the Arab capitals for the meeting.

On Friday morning, three Palestinian people were killed and dozens were injured by Israeli soldiers in clashes between both sides in Jerusalem and the West Bank; meanwhile, three Israeli settlers were stabbed to death in the West Bank Friday afternoon.

The Israeli forces set up a series of checkpoints to restrict access to Jerusalem’s Old City and banned Muslim men under the age of 50 from entering Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers.

The Israeli forces claimed that these measures were in preparation for feared mass Palestinian protests over the installation of metal detectors there. Palestinians called for mass protests in conjunction with Friday noon prayers in Jerusalem, West Bank and the Gaza Strip and urged worshippers not to submit to Israeli security procedures.

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