JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday that Israel was"committed" to the status quo that prevents Jews praying at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the epicentre of repeated clashes.
Palestinian Muslims have been angered by an uptick in Jewish visits to the Al-Aqsa compound, where by long-standing convention Jews may visit but are not allowed to pray. Attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs have since late March killed 14 people in Israel, while 24 Palestinians have died, including perpetrators of attacks and also in raids by Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank."INCITEMENT"
He accused Islamist group Hamas -- which runs the Palestinian enclave of Gaza -- and Islamic Jihad of sending"extremists" with weapons and explosives to use the Al-Aqsa compound"as a base to incite violent riots". The clashes in east Jerusalem had sparked fears of another armed conflict similar to an 11-day war last year between Israel and Hamas.
Analyst Ofer Zalzberg said Palestinians had been angered by reports on social media that Israel had decided to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
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