Middle East

Apr. 16, 2014 | 11:27 AM

Dozens of Palestinians hurt in Al-Aqsa clashes

Israeli riot police arrest a Palestinian at the al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI

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Summary

Dozens of Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli police that erupted Wednesday when Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound was opened to Jewish visitors, an AFP correspondent said.

Police responded with stun grenades, Rosenfeld said, and closed the complex to Jewish visitors after a small number had toured the site.

Rosenfeld said the situation on "Temple Mount," the Jewish term for the complex, was "calm again" and police had left the site.

Non-Muslim visits to the Al-Aqsa complex are permitted and regulated by police, but Jews are not allowed to pray at the site.

In Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hosted a small delegation of Israeli lawmakers to discuss the troubled peace efforts.