Rocks Are Thrown at Visitors to Temple Mount; Riot Ensues

A riot erupted on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Sunday morning when Palestinians hurled rocks at non-Muslim visitors to the site. When Israeli police who normally refrain from entering the area arrived to quell the violence, the rock-throwers moved into one of the mosques. The Israelis did not follow. One arrest was reported. The incident occurred as fighting between Palestinians and Israeli forces has been ongoing for several days in the city of Hebron where rioting is being blamed on Israel’s inclusion of the Tomb of the Patriarchs there and the Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem on its national heritage list – an act the Palestinians call “provocative.”