The Arab League on Sunday accuses Israel of “playing with fire” with new security measures at the Temple Mount.
“Jerusalem is a red line,” its chief Ahmed Abul Gheit says in a statement, adding that “no Arab or Muslim will accept violations” against the city’s holy sites.
Deadly clashes have rocked Jerusalem since Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at entrances to the Al-Aqsa compound at the site following a terror attack in which three Arab Israeli gunmen killed two policemen.
Palestinians view the measure as an Israeli attempt to assert further control over the site, the third most holy place in Islam and the most revered site in Judaism.
Abul Gheit accuses Israel’s government of “adventurism” and says its moves could trigger a “crisis with the Arab and Muslim world.”
The compound, which includes the revered Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, has been the focal point of tensions between Israelis and Palestinians for decades.
— AFP
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