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Israeli police and Palestinians face off in Jerusalem amid dispute over gatherings at Damascus Gate
Palestinians clashed with Israeli police amid a dispute over evening gatherings at Damascus Gate.
Key points:
- Nightly clashes in Jerusalem during Ramadan have laid bare simmering tensions in the holy city
- Palestinians say police tried to prevent them from holding their usual Ramadan evening gatherings outside Damascus Gate
- Israeli police fired stun grenades and sprayed foul-smelling skunk water to disperse the Palestinians
The clashes happened after iftar, the breaking of the daytime fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Thursday (local time) while Israeli protesters gathered near.
Meanwhile, a video on social media app TikTok purporting to show a Palestinian slapping an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man on Jerusalem’s light rail train…
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