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JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Israeli riot police clashed Friday with thousands of Palestinians, including stone-throwers, at a Jerusalem shrine. It was the largest eruption of violence here since the Palestinian uprising began at the site in September 2000. At least 20 Palestinians were hurt and 14 were arrested after Israeli forces moved in to disperse Palestinians throwing stones. The site is sacred to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount. Palestinian witnesses said the clash began with about a dozen youths throwing stones at police stationed on the plaza. The police said stone-throwers numbered in the hundreds. Wielding batons and firing rubber pellets, tear gas and stun grenades, the police drove thousands of Palestinians inside the compound's Al Aqsa Mosque. Some Palestinians continued throwing stones from the doors, using the mosque "as a sanctuary to continue rioting," said a police spokesman. Police then chased the rest inside and secured the doors for at least an hour until an agreement was negotiated for all those inside to leave peacefully. Palestinians accused the police of using excessive force. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published Friday that he had ordered all development work halted on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, a step toward an eventual withdrawal. Officials said the remark was aimed partly at reassuring the Bush administration, which repeatedly has called for settlement building to be frozen. Contact the Omaha World-Herald newsroom ![]() ![]()
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