Israel to replace metal detectors in Jerusalem with less obtrusive surveillance

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Israel to replace metal detectors in Jerusalem with less obtrusive surveillance

 

Israeli security forces remove metal detectors which were recently installed at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday decided to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City with other, less obtrusive surveillance means, a cabinet statement said.

 

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 they had broken off discussions a day earlier.

 

Tensions escalated sharply since Israel installed the metal detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police guards were shot dead by gunmen there on July 14.

 

(Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by James Dalgleish)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-25

[Morch]

Quoting from a post made earlier on one of the parallel topics:

 

The crisis was, apparently, resolved due to a parallel related crisis arising between Israel and Jordan. The solutions to both are pretty much a trade off. Israel would remove the metal detectors, and install an advanced system of cctv's instead, while Jordan will drop its demand to disregard diplomatic immunity in the case referred to on this topic:

 

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/993862-jordanian-man-killed-two-people-wounded-at-israeli-embassy-in-jordan-police/

 

Other than Netanyahu and his government making bad choices, again, this crisis demonstrated several other standing issues pertaining to ME diplomacy and relations between the various parties: (a) US involvement is still a factor, (b) There is a convergence of interests between Israel and non-religious elements on the Arab side, which can be a basis for cooperation, (c) The Palestinians getting sidelined by Arab countries when it fits.