Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters clash in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM: -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian protesters clashed in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday (October 14).

The IDF is deploying hundreds of soldiers in a bid to stem a wave of deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Israel’s security cabinet authorised police to block off roads in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem in response to the killing of three Israelis by Palestinians armed with knives and a gun on Tuesday (October 13).

Palestinian officials condemned the crackdown as collective punishment.

Israeli police say a Palestinian man was shot dead after he tried to stab a police officer at an entrance to Jerusalem’s walled Old City.

In another incident, a Palestinian stabbed and wounded a 70-year-old woman outside Jerusalem’s central bus station before an officer shot him dead.

Violence has been triggered in part by Muslim agitation over increasing Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.

There is also deep-seated frustration with the failure of years of peace efforts to achieve Palestinian statehood and end Israeli settlement-building in the occupied territories.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-10-15

Yes , Violence just leads to more Violence ... an eye for an eye ... it's a vicious circle . The only way out of this is if all involved parties WANT peace and learn to live together .

But they are not ready for this yet . A lot more suffering is there to come for the Israelis as well ...1

"Violence has been triggered in part by Muslim agitation over increasing Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem"

The Israelis do this every time they want to stymie the "peace process", the "settlement of settlements" and desire to expand on what they already have stolen.

"Violence has been triggered in part by Muslim agitation over increasing Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem"

The Israelis do this every time they want to stymie the "peace process", the "settlement of settlements" and desire to expand on what they already have stolen.

There was not much of a peace process going on at the time unrest spread, so hard to see how any of this got something to do with stopping the peace process.

The article fails to mention that a lot of the "agitation" is based on rumors, rather than on concrete facts. This is something well rooted within Palestinian society (and frankly, all over the Middle East). Getting people riled up is quite easy what with the Israeli occupation in place, and nothing like a touch of religious zealotry to make things stick.

If anyone wishes to explore the repetitive nature of the Temple Mount issue, simply consult a calendar with Jewish/Muslim holidays. In recent years, whenever a pilgrimage is prescribed, it is a pretty sure bet some violence will follow. Lesser versions of the same on weekends.

That there are Jewish groups intent on changing things with regard to the Temple Mount is true. That they had any actual success is not. There were violations, for sure, but not any real change in regulations. In the same way, there are Muslim groups intent on changing things their way - something which gets relatively little coverage.