Israel bars Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Old City

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Israeli police on Sunday took the unprecedented step of barring Palestinian residents of Jerusalem from entering the Old City after two stabbing attacks on Israelis by Palestinians.

A Palestinian teenager who stabbed and wounded a 15-year-old Israeli early Sunday was shot dead, Israeli police said. It came after a Palestinian man fatally stabbed two Israelis and wounded two more, including a toddler, Saturday. He was shot dead by police.

Tensions have been rising in the region in recent weeks, mainly around the religious site known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque. The outer wall of the temple compound is the Jewish holy site known as the Western Wall… see more

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