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Israeli police in Jerusalem have questioned leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, the Grand Mufti of the city – a day after violence broke out between Palestinians and Israelis outside the city’s main al-Aqsa mosque.
Israeli police say the incident started when they detained an Arab who wanted to enter the plaza around the mosque, but refused to present his identity card. This sparked violence, during which Muslim worshippers threw chairs at Jewish visitors to the holy site, according to police.
The mosque overlooks Jerusalem’s Western Wall, which Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has called ‘the rock of existence’ for the Jewish people. The Israelis and the Palestinians are locked in a dispute over territory in the city.
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