Just a month ago, Jerusalem’s residents were celebrating Eid al-Adha. Since then tensions have approached a boiling point, Muslims and Jews are adopting dangerous rhetoric about the Temple Mount and blood has been spilled on both sides. A month in photos.
Photos by: Oren Ziv, Yotam Ronen, Ahmad al-Bazz, Fiaz Abu-Rmeleh, Tali Mayer / Activestills.org
Read more on recent events in Jerusalem here.
A view of the Old City of Jerusalem after Israeli authorities temporarily closed the Aqsa Mosque compound, October 30, 2014. The closure took place following the shooting of a Jewish hardliner the night before. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians attend the night-time funeral of Moataz Hejazi, outside Jerusalem’s old city, October 30, 2014. Police limited the access to funeral to 45 family members, but hundreds of Palestinians managed to enter the premises. Moatez was killed in a raid of the Israeli police on his house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Tor, as he was a suspect in shooting of Israeli right-wing activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick the day before. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
A Palestinian youth throws stones during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Tur, October 30 2014. Palestinians staged protests against the Israeli government in East Jerusalem after Israeli police killed Moatez Hegazi (32), who was suspected of shooting of Israeli right-wing activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians carry the body of Orwa Hammad, 14, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Silwad, October 26, 2014. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Hammad, an American citizen, during clashes in his village on October 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians carry the body of Orwa Hammad, 14, at his funeral in the West Bank village of Silwad, October 26, 2014. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Hammad, an American citizen, during clashes in his village on October 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians girls cry at the funeral of Orwa Hammad, 14, in the West Bank village of Silwad, October 26, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Police disperse a march of Palestinians carrying an empty coffin during a symbolic funeral for Abdelrahman Shaloudi, who killed a Jewish baby and injured six others in Jerusalem after he rammed his vehicle into pedestrians at the Jerusalem light rail station, October 26, 2014. Shaludi died of his injuries after he was shot and wounded by police as he tried to flee the scene. Israeli police were still holding his body at the time. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras Al-Amud. Israeli authorities restricted entrance to al-Aqsa Mosque to Palestinians under the age of 40, October 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Israeli policemen push a Palestinian man at the end of Friday Prayer, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras Al-Amud, October 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
An Israeli policeman shoots tear gas as Palestinian youth throw stones during clashes in Issawiya, East Jerusalem, October 24, 2014. Clashes continued for two straight days after a Palestinian man drove his car in to a crowd of Israelis, killing a three-month-old baby and wounding seven others. (Activestills.org)
Palestinian youths burn tires during clashes in the Issawya neighborhood, East Jerusalem, October 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Israeli right-wing protesters chant slogans and hold signs calling for revenge during a protest near the Jerusalem light rail station in East Jerusalem. The demonstration took place a day after a Palestinian driver rammed his car into a crowd at high speed, killing a baby and wounding seven. (Activestills.org)
Israeli right-wing protesters chant slogans and hold posters of far-right Rabbi Meir Kahane during a protest near the light rail station in East Jerusalem. (Activestills.org)
Left-wing activists hold up a sign reading, “Jerusalem is not silent in the face of racism” during a protest in the center of West Jerusalem, October 18, 2014. The action was organised following violent attacks by right-wing activists on Palestinians in Jerusalem’s city center. (Activestills.org)
Palestinian Muslim worshipers are seen in the reflection on an Israeli policeman’s sunglasses, as they perform traditional Friday prayers in a street in the Wadi Joz neighborhood, outside Jerusalem’s Old City, as policemen block their way to Al-Aqsa Mosque, October 17, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians protest outside Jerusalem’s Old City against the Israeli authorities’ policy in recent weeks to limit access for Muslim worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, October 15, 2014. At least four protesters were arrested after Israeli police dispersed the protest. (Activestills.org)
Israeli policemen arrest a Palestinian protester outside Jerusalem’s Old City during a protest against the Israeli authorities’ policy in resent weeks to limit access for Muslim worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, October 15, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Palestinian Muslim worshipers pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on the first day of Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), marking the end of the Hajj and commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God’s command, on October 4, 2014. At the time, Israel was in a security lockdown for the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur, which coincided with the Muslim holiday for the first time in three decades. The concurrence of the holy days has not occurred for 33 years, since the two faiths use different lunar calendars. (Activestills.org)
Read more of +972’s coverage on the recent events in Jerusalem:
Who is really fanning the flames in Jerusalem?
There are no good guys in Jerusalem
The fraud that is the Temple Mount movement
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