More than 50 injured in another day of clashes in Jerusalem

New clashes on Saturday night between Israeli police, Palestinian protesters wounded more than 50 in different areas of East Jerusalem, as announced by the Palestinian Red Crescent.

“So far we have 53 injured” during acts of violence on Saturday night, he told the AFP a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent, and said these incidents occurred in the areas of Sheikh Jarrah, Damascus Gate and Bab al-Zahra.

Saturday’s protests took place after the clashes around the mosque plaza on Friday, which left more than 200 injured and prompted calls for calm from the United States, the European Union and regional powers.

The clashes took place after the Tensions have soared in recent weeks over Israeli restrictions on access to parts of the Old City during Ramadan and the threat of eviction facing four Palestinian families in East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers.

Israel’s Arab High Follow-up Committee called for demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinians in Jerusalem.

“Israel acts responsibly to enforce the law and ensure public order in Jerusalem, while preserving the freedom of worship in the holy places ”, defended the Israeli Prime Minister by interim Benjamin Netanyahu.

In this sense, the leader of Yesh AtidYair Lapid, who currently has a mandate to try to form the new government, stressed that “the State of Israel will not allow violence to increase and will not allow terrorist organizations to threaten it.”

“Anyone who wants to hurt us must know that will pay a very high price“He stressed, while stressing that” the time has come for responsibility between all parties, especially among officials “, without specifying who he was referring to, as the newspaper collected. The Times of Israel.

Protests spread

Hundreds of Arab Israelis – Palestinians and descendants of those who remained within Israel’s borders when it was founded in 1948 – protested in several towns in the north and center of the country over the situation in Jerusalem, while others head for the holy city, as they traditionally do on the twenty-seventh day of Ramadan.

Israeli police have stopped dozens of buses with Israeli Arabs Suspecting that some of the passengers planned disruption on the Esplanade.

In the West Bank, protests this evening, as in the stranded Gaza Strip, dozens of young Palestinians approached Israel’s separation fence and threw incendiary balloons.

An international concern

For its part, United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process, Tor Wennesland, was “deeply concerned for the increase of tensions and violence in Jerusalem and its surroundings, ”according to a message posted on his account on the social network Twitter.

“I ask everyone to act with responsibility and stay calm. All must respect the “status quo” of the holy places of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the interests of peace and stability. Political and religious leaders must act now, ”he said.

In this sense, the Quartet for Peace in the Middle East – composed of The United Nations, the European Union (EU), the United States and Russia – said they are “closely monitoring the situation in East Jerusalem” and showed his “deep concern at the daily clashes and violence” in this part of the city.

With information from AFP, EFE and EuropaPress

KEEP READING: