Israeli Police Fire ‘Stun Grenades’ After Palestinians Hurl Stones at Temple Mount
- Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:35am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli policemen entered a sensitive Jerusalem holy site Friday and used stun grenades to disperse dozens of Palestinian protesters who were hurling stones at security personnel, police said.
The scene of the clash was the Old City compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Israeli spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police entered the compound after Palestinians began lobbing stones at security forces stationed outside one of the gates. The clash began immediately after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque.
Police used stun grenades to disperse the crowd, he said.
Officers made three arrests, no one was injured and order was quickly restored, Rosenfeld said.
The compound, holy to Jews and Muslims and captured by Israel in 1967, is one of the most combustible sites on earth. Clashes there in the past have ignited broader violence.
A Muslim clerical body known as the Waqf runs the compound under Israel’s overall security control.
Also Friday, a Hamas leader said Israel had stepped up a campaign of arrests against members of the Islamic militant group in the West Bank, which Israel controls.
Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, said around 100 Hamas members had been arrested by the Israeli military in the last two weeks in the West Bank, including eight of the group’s leaders.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
The Western-backed Fatah, which governs Palestinian population centers in the West Bank and has also carried out arrests of Hamas members, recently signed a reconciliation deal with Hamas and has scaled back pressure on the rival group.
The reconciliation followed a four-year split after Hamas’ bloody seizure of Gaza Strip that left Fatah in control only of the Weset Bank.





















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Naram-Sin
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:27pmPalistinians throwing rocks from their “holy” sites is very common. (Remember it’s a peacful and tolerant religion.) Glenn can expect to see some rocks from these people in August unless the Israelis clear the area first.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:34pm@ NARAM-SIN
Don’t worry. I’m sure the Israelis will keep everything nice. This is a big deal for them too. I wouldn’t mind attending that myself…
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:21pmThe hell with Stun Grenades, use the real thing and help disinfect the world.
Report Post »WBOB
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:13pmIsrael is admirable for the restraint they’re showing…no sure how long it will last though.
Report Post »Richard Compton
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:53pmIsrael has the right to protect their territory, their citizens and their property I support them completely. To those who would do harm to others over religious or ethnic differences, you obviously don not understand that to do harm to another human being is to strike at the birthsed of God, We Are All Gods Children.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:37pmBeginning to realize why Kurt Cobain had an album called “Nevermind”.
Report Post »King David
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:35pmMore last gasps and theater from the loser fake “Palestinians”. Lost 6 wars and counting. It is just a matter of time when Israel annexes the liberated territories and repatriates the fake pals to the land of their citizenship.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:53pmThe Palestinians are suppose to be in Jordan. But Hamas Palestinians are the trailer trash of the Middle East and nobody-including Jordan-wants them because they are so vile and destructive.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:30pmThe Muslims THINK they want a war with the Israelis. They better be careful what they wish for or they’ll never know what hit them.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 2:04pmAmen to that.
Report Post »They are led by satan and he still thinks he will pull off a win in the end….. silly stupid demon! Jesus will take him out and I will cheer!
All_American
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:29pmIsrael don’t put up with this nonsense make them think twice, Oh yeah or at least once. You might have to draw a picture.
Report Post »morioka
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:29pmthe june 10th video that shows the jews praying when the arabs start to throw rocks at them from the other side of the wailing wall:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGcOEZ7TO_g&feature=player_embedded
what’s funny about it is that the majority of women (on the right) don’t flee while the men run for their lives!
brave women.
Redwine
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:39pmmorioka – The stones fell on the men’s side.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:25pmPoking the bear is never a good idea.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 1:02amUsing a sleeping bears rear-end for a dart board isn’t too bright either!
Report Post »Commando
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:23pmAnd OBAMA is encouraging this uprising with his words, go figure.
Report Post »He has open the gates of Hell in the Middle East!
He wants to stay in office and not have a 2012 election! Create chaos and take advantage of good crisis.
publicuss
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 2:39pmYou got that right!
Report Post »JTwantfreedom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:23pmIsrael has a right to exist. Israel has a right to defend itself. Israel is being set up to make them seem the bad guys in the lame stream media. Islam is of the devil. Islam is a so-called religion started by a so-called prophet pedophile! Islam abuses, and rapes women as a they say it is part of there religion. Islam want’s to rule the world under sharia. Islam doesn’t contain a moderate group! Islam is of the devil! Religion of peace my ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Redwine
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:22pmSeidl took the article from the AP, which is not quite accurate. The Israeli police went up to stop “Palestinians” on the Mount from throwing stones down on Jewish worshipers at the Western Wall below. This video is in Hebrew, but you can see worshipers fleeing the stones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EGcOEZ7TO_g
Report Post »helluvagoodgod
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:19pmIsraeli troops should have used live rounds instead of stun grenades.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:23pmApparently not enough live rounds…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:04pmWonder what would happen if all the Jews in Isreal lined up and started throwng stones at the Dome of the Rock? They could probably take it down and rebuild the temple.
Report Post »Cold War Vet
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:51pmIt’s gonna have to happen sooner or later. The dome of the rock is occupying the space of the of the second Temple. Some day, a third temple will sit on that site!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:04pm.
Report Post »Israel should just blow that Mosque of the Rock or Golden Dome or whatever off the face of the Earth!!! Then turn and give them a choice be nice or die. I hope they choose die.
Drum Man
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:04pmI stand with Israel.
Report Post »Longhorn
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 5:40pmI too, stand with Israel.
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:52pmDitto!
Report Post »a12iggymom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:01pmIt amazes me you report in the headline as biased as the MSM…‘Palestinians Hurl Stones at Temple Mount When Israeli Police Enter Old City Compound’. Unfortunately the anti-semetic language has hit it;s mark in peoples minds…
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:23pmDid you not read the article??
“police entered the compound after Palestinians began lobbing stones at security forces stationed outside one of the gates” — I wonder if you would just stand there getting hit with rocks??
“A Muslim clerical body known as the Waqf runs the compound under Israel’s overall security control.” — Gee, they sure do a great job running the compound
Report Post »Akbarjonnie Shaheed
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:57amIt is going to take Netanyahu just one time throwing his stone to stop all this playing around.
Report Post »publicuss
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:53amMorons! Watch the raw video, rocks started when the cameras started up the LIGHTS+CAMERA=Arab action!!
Botched Paramilitary Police Raids
An Epidemic of “Isolated Incidents”
“If a widespread pattern of [knock-and-announce] violations were shown . . . there would be reason for grave concern.” -Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Hudson v. Michigan, June 15, 2006.
An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids, released in conjunction with the Cato policy paper “Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids,” by Radley Balko.
http://www.cato.org/raidmap/
Check it out!!
Report Post »Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:09pmSo rocks dont fly when their are no cameras. Not sure who your callig a moron. I mean nothing bad has ever happened till the cameras were turned on? I havn’t looked at your link about our Legal cases, may i ask what does that have to do with Isreal? I understand that these Islamic terroist want nothing more than to covert or kill us all, Isreal will be first, I support what ever resonable action they have to take, I hope it doesnt come to drasatic action but if needed its needed.
Report Post »I stand with Isreal
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:33pm@PUBLICUSS
Report Post »Yes, police are human and make mistakes, too, through the years. Now, why don’t you stick to the topic, quit posting that on every story, or take your crap somewhere else.
publicuss
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 2:12pm@Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Report Post »your name says it all-piss off!
publicuss
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 2:28pm@Dont-hate-on-me-2
Report Post »As a yid, kyke, heeb, hook nose, red sea crossing pedestrian (jew) that spent 3years in Israel working, the Morons=Arabs/Media! Yes, the rocks don’t start until the cameras show up. The PLO wannabes call the networks and then they gather and wait for the cameras. Heck, thanks to video and web capable cell phones, its all so easy, call some friends, gather some stones, get somebody opposite of the position to prepare to video the ‘spontanious’ gathering, make a signal and presto-mini antifada. The Israelis show a lot of restraint considering the chaos the arabs create each time. Most Israelis pay attention to whats going on around them and call the police when they start to see groups of arabs gathering. All the wannabes gotta do is just up the video to twitter, email, the web sites… The Lame stream media eats it up.
LVMerrily
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:53amNudge, nudge, nudge. Just a preview of things to come. Hope God is watching over 8/24.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:01pmWouldn’t it be wild if the number of attendees at 8/24 turns out to be 144,000? Anyone one else had that thought?
Report Post »click_name_4_impeachment
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 10:51amThe more this stuff happens, the more I want to go to the rally….And I already would give limbs to go….lol….the violence doesn’t discourage me, it encourages me…..
Report Post »mhanderson1234
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:46amIsrael is much more patient than I think I could be and I agree that when it comes down to it-obama won’t help at all. We need to vote obama out and get a strong conservative pro-Israel President.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:59pmMore and more I feel very sure that Israel does not have long enough to wait for us to have another election. The haters of Israel (lead by satan himself of course, in many forms) know that their only chance of keeping America out of it is if they strike before our election. Nobama is their chance and they won’t waste it, they know he a one term pres. just like the rest of us. I am looking forward to seeing how everyone will react when Israel survives the upcoming attack from all sides, against all odds. Not only will they survive, they will thrive! We who know our Heavenly Father, already know the outcome.
Report Post »My Lord stands with Israel! I stand with Israel!
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:41am.
Report Post »It‘s gonna come down to Kill them all or be killed the Jew’s are in a bad spot. Obama will not lift a finger to help Israel
kaydeebeau
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:54pm“We will have peace when they love their children more than they hate us” Golda Meir
Report Post »discardofevil
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:39amFIGHT Israel FIGHT!! Do what ever you need to do to keep Israel safe!! The Religion of Peace my a**! How could you stand by these people that have done nothing but claim to kill the JEWS!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 12:36amOops…. that wasn’t a stun Grenade. That would be my story…….
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:38amOne of these days the Jews will have had enough………..THEN, ALL BETS ARE OFF!
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:48amAnother engineered Muslim effort to purposfully provoke Israel into actions the world can then condemn. More & more of these incidents will take place, each more violent (on the Muslim side) than the one before.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:55amI used to read Revelation years ago and think to myself…”Yeah, like that would really happen..” Someone sitting on the the throne in the Holy city proclaiming they are god seems very real NOW and may happen sooner than we think. Please God, come quickly…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:55amI agree .. push push .. nudge nudge … it is coming .. pray for ISRAEL
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:56amHope God’s patience is wearing thin against these protestors. Too bad these peaceful people don’t also have a live and let live mentality. Guess the Muslims have no Golden Rule.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:59am@MidWestMom:
Indeed, this has been engineered; and for each of these stunts that they are attempting, figure at the least one or two mid eastern journalists will be there ‘coincidentally’ to catch the story and make it look out to be the Israelites being the aggressors.
The Hezbolla, Hamas and Brotherhood have become exploiters extradonair in the usage of media and the internet to get their messages out; they have found the weaknesses in the media they are able to exploit, and now are doing so to their advantage.
Wait until the 15th if the next Gaza Flotilla launches.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:01pmYou throw a rock at me, I’ll throw fast lead back at you.
Report Post »Texans stand UP
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:02pmWhy are they just stunning them with Those type of gernades? Shoot them the right way so that they can get up. next time they will be throwing somthing other than Rocks.
Report Post »a12iggymom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:06pmIt amases me the Blaze used the headline they did, anti-semitic language has invaded the modern mind, my head line would be ‘Palestinians Hurl Stones at Temple Mount After Israeli Police Enter Old City Compound’… just sayin’…
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:08pmThey are only perpetuating the hatred. Much like the radical Muslims, they are destroying it for all other Muslim. It seems that there are no moderate Muslims or Palestinians because they won’t stand up against these activists/radicals.
Now the radicals are bombing other mosques of their own faith, different sects: http://tiny.cc/rw9c9
IF MODERATES DON’T STAND UP AGAINST RADICALISM, THEY ARE HELPING THEM
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:32pmOnly “stun grenades”? Hmmmm I am thinking we are way beyond non-lethal weapons…..stones ARE deadly weapons just ask David or better yet Goliath ha ha…..
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:35pmI am really impressed with Israel’s restraint with regard to all their crazy headed nasty neighbors. I am glad I don‘t have neighbors like that but I’m sure Obama is going to try to get me some.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:45pmTake the Temple Mount back, melt down the gold on the Dome of the Rock, then tear down the smelly building (yes I have been in there) and rebuild the JewishTemple. The Muslims have had theri turn….Show the ******* Muslims who’s boss.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:09pmIsrael should play more heavy handed.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:27pmPalestinian Flash Mob
Israeli Flash
No Mob
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:30pm“The scene of the clash was the Old City compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.”
Report Post »This is a misstatement, it should read: The scene of the clash was the Old City compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to muslims as “the place that means nothing to us except that we are pretending that it is important to us so that we can try to keep the Jews from having their Temple Mount back.”
TSUNAMI-22
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:47pm@ RightPolitically
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:38am
One of these days the Jews will have had enough………..THEN, ALL BETS ARE OFF!
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
….and it’s close at hand.
Doodidle
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 2:32pmIts funny that it seems every type of action from the nation of islam comes after prayers, which leads you to believe that they are getting their ideas from the leaders to go out and do these things and its not just random acts. look at the attack on the UN base last month where they killed 20 people. it was directly after leaving the mosque.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:12pmJust the title of this story is designed for the indoctrinated to call for real bullets instead of stun guns.You’re so gullible and easily manipulated.Good for the palestinians for resisting the brutal israeli occupaiers.They have the right to be at the temple mount tand israel should return to the 67 borders.It is universally recognized that you cannot acquire land by war .Of course the hypocritical americans allow it only for the zionists, hence terrorists believe you are not a nation of laws that abides by principals of human rights but tyrants so they.resist the tyranical zionist expansion by any means necessary.Might makes right is wrong for everyone except for zionists! long live the palestinian resistence[peaceful,i hope]..
Report Post »publicuss
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:30pmHamas Summer Camps Train Next Generation Terrorists by Gavriel Queenann
Report Post »http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144850
MidWestMom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:40pm@ – RoseEllen
So you would just stand there & let the Palestinians throw rocks at you? My aren’t you noble….
Can I come to your house & throw rocks at you? Just to protest your borders, your violence, your repeated agreement to & then breaking of any and all peace treaties you’ve signed – heck just because I hate your religion and/or people ….. its ok with you, right??
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 4:05pmOne of these days, the Jews will have had enough, then they’ll see to it that THING that was built on top of their temple will come tumbling down.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 4:41pm@rose-ellen
It is universally recognized that you cannot acquire land by war
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That‘s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 5:23pmI love it when Rose-Ellen spews her crap and then leaves the discussion as soon as anyone turns her opinon right back at her.
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 5:34pm@MidWestMom
You are right on the mark.
And I wouldn’t doubt if they are part of an organization funded by our own US $.
It took these slimeball Progressive Marxists 30 years to take over our government and society. Let’s try to crush them down in 3.
Report Post »mill
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:41pmHAS NO one every tried to blow up Mecca????
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:47pm@rose-ellen, who posted: “Just the title of this story is designed for the indoctrinated to call for real bullets instead of stun guns.You’re so gullible and easily manipulated. . . .It is universally recognized that you cannot acquire land by war ”
Another clueless, brainwashed troll rears its ugly (and empty) head. The rocks did not start to fly until the cameras started to roll–this was another deliberate provocation to make the “poor little Palestinians” look like the victims here. This is the setup and the justification for the next Holocaust that the Communists are gearing up for, in order to buy the support of the bloodthirsty Muslims who “only” want to kill every American and every Jew.
As for “It is universally recognized that you cannot acquire land by war”, what planet do YOU live on? It has ALWAYS been universally accepted that when somebody starts a war and LOSES (as the Arabs have done repeatedly in their attempts to wipe out Israel), then the VICTOR gets to set the new borders, which is what happened.
If you clueless liberals want to see who is “gullible and easily manipulated”, then look in the mirror! Nobody but a clueless FOOL could support Odumber and his Communist friends after what they have done to this country and are trying to do to Israel.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:59pmtime to nuke Iran…a message that will open the eyes of the Arab world for the next 1000 years…
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 12:40am@Polwatcher
Report Post »Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:35pm
I am really impressed with Israel’s restraint with regard to all their crazy headed nasty neighbors. I am glad I don‘t have neighbors like that but I’m sure Obama is going to try to get me some.
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But Obama’s new medal for the military is for showing just this kind of restraint. It’s amazing their not required to use stun guns. Wonder if he’ll give medals to the Israeli police?
Mil Mom
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 12:47am@rose-ellen
Report Post »Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:12pm
Just the title of this story is designed for the indoctrinated to call for real bullets instead of stun guns.You’re so gullible and easily manipulated.Good for the palestinians for resisting the brutal israeli occupaiers.They have the right to be at the temple mount tand israel should return to the 67 borders.It is universally recognized that you cannot acquire land by war .Of course the hypocritical americans allow it only for the zionists, hence terrorists believe…
***********
Gee, does Media Matters pay you for each piece of bull you get in? This one must have earned you a bonus!
timetobelievenow
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:36amBetter than acting as > Zionist – Bigot < all the time, grow a brain and become human beings for once.
Report Post »http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/201152911579533291.html
timetobelievenow
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:39amYou people are full of Hate . . . . Why don`t you grow a brain and become human beings for once.
Report Post »http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/201152911579533291.html
timetobelievenow
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 4:44amCan`t hide being a > Zionist – Bigot < . . . . you people are just low life !
Report Post »http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/201152911579533291.html
rangerp
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:20amKeep you eye on the Temple Mount. What goes on there will be big news in the not so far off future. The Mosque from that fake religion will not be there one day/
Report Post »BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
Posted on June 11, 2011 at 9:43amI thought I saw Hillary Clinton in that crowd. More COUNTRY MUSIC, I say, it’ll get these Obama-led protesters in line. Here’s one of my own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzpv-nTFOtA
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