Algeria slams Israeli violations against Palestinians in Jerusalem

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-23 01:59:17|Editor: Yurou Liang
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ALGIERS, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Algeria condemned on Saturday the "violations and overruns" by the Israeli authorities on Friday against Palestinians in Jerusalem.

"Algeria condemns the serious violations and overruns, including killings and arrests of Palestinian worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdelaziz Benali Cherif was quoted as saying by APS news agency.

The spokesman also called upon the international community to "act immediately to ensure the protection of the Palestinian people and their sacred sites."

Cherif expressed Algeria's solidarity with the Palestinian people, saying his country supports the Palestinians' "just cause for regaining their legitimate rights, including the right to establish an independent state with Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital."

Three Palestinians were killed on Friday in Jerusalem's Old City during violent clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces, after Israel barred Palestinian men under 50 from access to the the holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known as the Haram al-Sharif compound by Muslims and the Temple Mount for the Jews.

The measures were taken after last Friday's shooting, in which three Israeli Arab gunmen killed two Israeli police officers near the compound before being shot dead by Israeli police in a chase.

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