JERUSALEM: Israel decided on Tuesday to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City and replace them with smart, less obtrusive surveillance means, a Cabinet statement said.

Israel installed metal detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police officers were fatally shot on July 14, triggering the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years.

The spike in tensions and the deaths of three Israelis and four Palestinians in violence on Friday and Saturday have triggered international alarm and prompted the United Nations Security Council to convene a meeting to seek ways of calming the situation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet voted to remove the metal detector gates after a meeting lasting several hours convening for a second time on Monday after it had broken off discussions a day earlier.

A statement issued after the forum of senior ministers concluded their meeting said they had decided to act on the recommendation of the security bodies and replace the metal detectors with "smart checking" means.

Reuters witnesses in the Old City saw municipal workers installing metal beams above some of the narrow stone paved streets for closed-circuit TV cameras. Israeli media said there were plans to invest in advanced camera systems.

The Cabinet statement added that it had allocated 100 million shekels (about $28 million) for the equipment and for additional police officers.

Tuesday's decision to remove the metal detector gates was an about-turn after the rightist Netanyahu, wary of being seen to capitulate to Palestinian pressure, said on Sunday the devices would stay put.

But on top of the outbreak of violence mainly in the Jerusalem area, a Palestinian move on Friday by President Mahmoud Abbas to suspend official contacts and international criticism put pressure on Israel.



Netanyahu was further hampered following a fatal shooting incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan on Sunday when an Israeli security guard was attacked and shot dead two Jordanians.

Jordan is the custodian of Jerusalem's Muslim holy sites, which Jews revere as the vestige of their two ancient temples and which was among East Jerusalem areas Israel captured in a 1967 war and annexed as its capital in a move not recognized internationally. </s> Israel has removed controversial metal detectors at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem, aiming to ease tension after days of protests.

But it remains to be seen whether Muslim worshippers will accept the security measures that Israel plans to implement in their place. The metal detectors were installed at the Muslim-administered site after several Israeli Arabs shot dead two Israeli police officers there.

Israel had said the metal detectors were necessary for security, while Muslims saw them as an attempt by Israel to seize control of the site. Holy to both Islam and Judaism, it is called the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims and the Temple Mount by Jews.

NPR's Daniel Estrin, reporting from one of the entrances to the site, tells our Newscast unit that "the metal detectors have been removed — which is what Muslim leaders were calling for. But worshippers are still praying outside the holy site and refusing to enter."

Since the metal detectors were installed, Muslim worshippers have gathered to pray outside the site in order to avoid passing through them.

Daniel adds that "Muslim leaders say they're reviewing the new Israeli decision to replace the metal detectors with what Israel calls advanced technology, reportedly cameras that will screen worshippers entering the holy site."

The Muslim body that administers the site "called on worshippers to continue to boycott the site until it advised otherwise," according to the BBC.

"It's not about technology, it's about control," an unnamed resident of Jerusalem was quoted as saying by the Palestinian Ma'an news agency. "It's about who controls the gate of the mosque, which means who controls the mosque."

The new security measures were approved by Israel's security cabinet at a late-night meeting, as The Two-Way reported, after "the recommendations by all of the country's security services to use other kinds of technology." The government says they will be implemented in less than six months, and plans to beef up police presence at the site in the meantime.

Israel reached the decision to dismantle the metal detectors shortly after an end to a diplomatic standoff with Jordan, which administers the site, over a violent incident at a building housing Israeli embassy staff in Jordan's capital Amman. The BBC explains:



"Jordanian authorities wanted to question an Israeli security guard who Israel said shot dead a Jordanian who had attacked him with a screwdriver in a residence next to the embassy. A second Jordanian who died was inadvertently killed by the gunfire, Israel said. "Israel said the guard had diplomatic immunity and both he and all the staff were confined to the embassy compound amid attempts to find a solution. "In a phone call on Monday night, Jordan's King Abdullah and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu discussed the crisis surrounding the holy site and the incident at the embassy. The king called on Mr Netanyahu to remove the metal detectors. At around the same time, it was announced that the embassy staff had returned to Israel."



As we reported, a spokesman for Netanyahu denied any relationship between the diplomatic standoff and the metal detectors. </s> JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli ministers have decided to stop the use of metal detectors at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a statement said early Tuesday (July 25), after the new security measures set off deadly unrest.

The security Cabinet accepted "the recommendation of all the security bodies to change the inspection with metal detectors to a security inspection based on advanced technologies and other means," a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

As word spread of the decision, a few hundred Palestinians gathered to celebrate near an entrance to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

One person set off a firework, prompting Israeli police to raid and disperse them using sound grenades.

Israel installed metal detectors at entrances to the Jerusalem site, which includes the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, after an attack on July 14 that killed two policemen.

Palestinians view the new security measures as Israel asserting further control over the site. They have refused to enter the compound in protest and have prayed in the streets outside instead.

Israeli authorities said the metal detectors were needed because the July 14 attackers smuggled guns into the site and emerged from it to shoot the officers.

Clashes have broken out during protests over the measures, leaving five Palestinians dead.

Three Israelis were also killed when a Palestinian sneaked into a house in a West Bank settlement and stabbed them.

The decision to remove the metal detectors follows talks between Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah II.

Jordan is the official custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. </s> JERUSALEM: Israeli ministers have decided to stop the use of metal detectors at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a statement said early on Tuesday (Jul 25), after the new security measures set off deadly unrest.

The security cabinet accepted "the recommendation of all the security bodies to change the inspection with metal detectors to a security inspection based on advanced technologies and other means," a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

As word spread of the decision, a few hundred Palestinians gathered to celebrate near an entrance to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

One person set off a firework, prompting Israeli police to raid and disperse them using sound grenades.

Israel installed metal detectors at entrances to the Jerusalem site, which includes the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, after an attack on July 14 that killed two policemen.

Palestinians view the new security measures as Israel asserting further control over the site. They have refused to enter the compound in protest and have prayed in the streets outside instead.

Israeli authorities said the metal detectors were needed because the Jul 14 attackers smuggled guns into the site and emerged from it to shoot the officers.

Clashes have broken out during protests over the measures, leaving five Palestinians dead.

Three Israelis were also killed when a Palestinian sneaked into a house in a West Bank settlement and stabbed them.

The decision to remove the metal detectors follows talks between Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah II.

Jordan is the official custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. </s> Jerusalem (CNN) Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion's Gate entrance to the site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors -- seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site -- triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed . The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

- Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

- New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

- Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides "to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

"Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn't allow to be crossed," said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. "Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for "moderation and dialogue" at his weekly address from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. "I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace," he said.

At Sunday's weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will "decide accordingly" what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

"We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security," Netanyahu said.

President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are "evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground," calling it a "complex reality."

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement's security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night's attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia. </s> Jerusalem (CNN) Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion's Gate entrance to the city's holiest site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors -- seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site -- triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed . The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

- Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

- New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

- Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides "to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation."

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

"Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn't allow to be crossed," said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. "Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for "moderation and dialogue" at his weekly address from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. "I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace," he said.

At Sunday's weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will "decide accordingly" what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

"We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security," Netanyahu said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are "evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground," calling it a "complex reality."

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement's security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night's attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia. </s> UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Monday that the crisis at Jerusalem’s holiest site affects millions if not billions of people around the world and has “the potential to have catastrophic costs” well beyond the Middle East.

Nicolay Mladenov also warned that “the dangers on the ground will escalate” if the crisis over Israel’s installation of metal detectors isn’t resolved by the time of Muslim prayers on Friday.

He spoke to reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council at an urgent closed-door meeting on the crisis at the request of Egypt, Sweden and France. The council is scheduled to hold its monthly open meeting on the Mideast on Tuesday and dozens of countries are expected to speak.

Mladenov said it is “critically important” that the status quo which has been in place at the site since 1967 is preserved.

He urged council members to use their influence with both sides to de-escalate the situation and ensure that the status quo is preserved while security is provided for worshippers and visitors to the site, which is revered by Jews and Muslims.

The Jerusalem landmark is the holiest site in Judaism and Jews call it the Temple Mount, or home of biblical Temples destroyed two millennia ago. Muslims believe the hilltop compound, which they call the Noble Sanctuary, marks the spot from which Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. It is the third holiest site of Islam and houses the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosques.

The crisis erupted after three Arabs killed two Israeli officers near one of the compound’s gates on July 14. Israel responded by closing the site to search for weapons for two days and then installing metal detectors and more recently cameras.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told reporters Monday that Palestinians will stay in the streets until “all obstacles” to allowing Muslims their right to pray at Al-Aqsa are “removed completely without conditions,” including metal detectors and cameras which violate the status quo.

Israel’s security cabinet announced early Tuesday it would remove the metal detectors and use “sophisticated technology” instead. It did not elaborate but Israeli media earlier reported high resolution cameras capable of detecting hidden objects would be the alternative.

If cameras are used, that could still spark Palestinian opposition.

The Israeli announcement followed the return of the Israeli Embassy staff from Jordan. They had been barred from leaving Amman after an attack on an embassy guard by a 17-year-old Jordanian using a screwdriver. The guard then shot and killed two Jordanians.

Mansour said the Security Council should condemn in the strongest terms the closing of Al-Aqsa mosque for the first time since 1969, stressing that “Al Aqsa mosque should not be closed under any pretext.”

Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters that “we will enable everybody to come and pray on the Temple Mount, but at the same time we will do whatever is necessary to maintain security on this important site.”

Instead of issuing “a carefully worded statement asking for calm,” he said the Security Council should demand that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas stop the violence, “his tacit support for terror” and “Palestinian lies” — and “make him do so immediately before the lives of more innocent victims are lost.”

The Security Council took no action but France’s U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre said there was “a large convergence among council members that all of us carry a message to the parties towards de-escalation” and cooperation “to work out as soon as possible a way out of the crisis.” </s> The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Monday that the crisis at Jerusalem’s holiest site affects millions if not billions of people around the world and has “the potential to have catastrophic costs” well beyond the Middle East.

Nicolay Mladenov also warned that “the dangers on the ground will escalate” if the crisis over Israel’s installation of metal detectors isn’t resolved by the time of Muslim prayers on Friday.

He spoke to reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council at an urgent closed-door meeting on the crisis at the request of Egypt, Sweden and France. The council is scheduled to hold its monthly open meeting on the Mideast on Tuesday and dozens of countries are expected to speak.

Mladenov said it is “critically important” that the status quo which has been in place at the site since 1967 is preserved.

He urged council members to use their influence with both sides to de-escalate the situation and ensure that the status quo is preserved while security is provided for worshippers and visitors to the site, which is revered by Jews and Muslims.

The Jerusalem landmark is the holiest site in Judaism and Jews call it the Temple Mount, or home of biblical Temples destroyed two millennia ago. Muslims believe the hilltop compound, which they call the Noble Sanctuary, marks the spot from which Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. It is the third holiest site of Islam and houses the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosques.

The crisis erupted after three Arabs killed two Israeli officers near one of the compound’s gates on July 14. Israel responded by closing the site to search for weapons for two days and then installing metal detectors and more recently cameras.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told reporters Monday that Palestinians will stay in the streets until “all obstacles” to allowing Muslims their right to pray at Al-Aqsa are “removed completely without conditions,” including metal detectors and cameras which violate the status quo.

Israel’s security cabinet announced early Tuesday it would remove the metal detectors and use “sophisticated technology” instead. It did not elaborate but Israeli media earlier reported high resolution cameras capable of detecting hidden objects would be the alternative.

If cameras are used, that could still spark Palestinian opposition.

The Israeli announcement followed the return of the Israeli Embassy staff from Jordan. They had been barred from leaving Amman after an attack on an embassy guard by a 17-year-old Jordanian using a screwdriver. The guard then shot and killed two Jordanians.

Mansour said the Security Council should condemn in the strongest terms the closing of Al-Aqsa mosque for the first time since 1969, stressing that “Al Aqsa mosque should not be closed under any pretext.”

Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters that “we will enable everybody to come and pray on the Temple Mount, but at the same time we will do whatever is necessary to maintain security on this important site.”

Instead of issuing “a carefully worded statement asking for calm,” he said the Security Council should demand that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas stop the violence, “his tacit support for terror” and “Palestinian lies” — and “make him do so immediately before the lives of more innocent victims are lost.”

The Security Council took no action but France’s U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre said there was “a large convergence among council members that all of us carry a message to the parties towards de-escalation” and co-operation “to work out as soon as possible a way out of the crisis.” </s> JERUSALEM — Israel has installed security cameras near the entrance to one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians edge higher following a violent week.

The security cameras are in addition to metal detectors placed last week at the Lion’s Gate entrance to the site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.

The metal detectors — seen by Palestinians and Arab countries as an attempt by Israel to unilaterally exert control over the holy site — triggered widespread protests across Jerusalem and the West Bank. The added installation of security cameras is liable to spark more protests.

Israel installed the metal detectors after an attack at the site in which two Israeli police officers were killed. The metal detectors may be the immediate reason for protests that have broken out across the region; it is control of the holy site that is at the heart of this outbreak of demonstrations.

– Israel installed security cameras near the entrance to Old City of Jerusalem holy site early Sunday morning.

– New decisions about security measures in the Old City could be made at a Sunday night Israeli security cabinet meeting.

– Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended contact, including security coordination, between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

– Three Israelis were killed in their home in a West Bank settlement on Friday. Police say a Palestinian man stabbed them to death.

– Four Palestinians were killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday.

The United Nations Security Council called a meeting for Monday to discuss the latest development in the region. The Middle East Quartet, consisting of the US, Russia, the UN, and EU, issued a statement on Saturday calling on all sides “to demonstrate maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and work towards de-escalating the situation.”

On Sunday, the Cairo-based Arab League called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for Wednesday, to discuss the latest Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary, said Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi in a statement.

“Jerusalem is a red line that Arabs and Muslims wouldn’t allow to be crossed,” said Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in a statement. “Israel is playing with fire and is risking sparking a crisis with the Arab and Muslim worlds.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often touted improving relations with Sunni Muslim states in the Middle East, understood to mean Saudi Arabia, though Israel has no diplomatic relations with the Saudis.

On Sunday Pope Francis appealed for “moderation and dialogue” at his weekly address from St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. “I ask you to join me in prayer for the Lord to inspire in all sides proposals for reconciliation and peace,” he said.

At Sunday’s weekly government meeting, Netanyahu said Israel is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jerusalem and will “decide accordingly” what actions to take. A security cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday night could bring a new decision about the metal detectors and other security measures taken in the Old City of Jerusalem.

“We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security,” Netanyahu said.

President Abbas suspended all contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government on Friday in protest of the metal detectors. The suspension includes the rare move of freezing security coordination, seen as a bedrock of Israeli-Palestinian relations. An Israeli military official said they are “evaluating and assessing what the declarations mean on the ground,” calling it a “complex reality.”

On Friday night, three Israelis were killed in their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish Friday night when police say a young Palestinian man breached the settlement’s security fence and stabbed them to death. Yosef Solomon, 70, and his son, Elad, and daughter, Chaya, died in the attack. Their funerals will take place Sunday evening.

Netanyahu said Israel would look to destroy the home of the attacker as soon as possible, a routine measure intended as a deterrent against future attacks.

The Israeli military arrested more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight sweep on Sunday near the site of Friday night’s attack, according to an Israeli military official. The Palestinians were suspected of preparing attacks in the immediate future or of being members of the militant group Hamas, the official said.

Meanwhile, four Palestinians have been killed in ongoing demonstrations against Israeli security forces Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the latest Palestinian killed as Yousef Kashour, 24, from the village of el-Eizaryia.
The Israeli government says it will remove metal detectors and some cameras recently installed at the entrances to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem that resulted in a wave of protests and some deaths. Instead, less obtrusive surveillance means will be used.