Arab lawmakers demand removal of Temple Mount metal detectors

Arab MKs Ahmad Tibi and Osama Sa’adi visit the Lions Gate at the Temple Mount and call to remove the metal detectors placed at the site after Friday’s deadly shooting attack against police officers there.

“The metal detectors must be removed immediately to avoid more discontent and deterioration,” the two Joint List lawmakers say in a statement.

“We who seek peace and not war call on [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to immediately cancel the decision [to install the detectors] and return the situation to what it was before, to allow freedom of worship without any limits.”

The statement adds: “The [Al-Aqsa] Mosque is a holy place of prayer, a symbol of life, not death. Netanyahu bears responsibility for the agitation that has resulted from the new steps.”