Tensions Simmer in Jerusalem
574 views · Published 9 October 2009 · 2:50 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell is in Israel and the Palestinian territories this week. He has been working to revive the peace process as tensions escalate between Palestinians and Israelis over Jerusalem. Clashes have taken place in the city almost daily the past week as Palestinians reacted to rumors that Jewish extremists are planning to march on the compound housing the Al-Aqsa Mosque - known to Muslims as the Nobel Sanctuary, to Jews as the Temple Mount. VOA Jerusalem correspondent Luis Ramirez reports.
