Egypt summons Israeli diplomat over Jerusalem clashes
Thu, March 18 2010 10:59 | 513 Views
Cairo (ANTARA/AFP) - Egypt`s foreign ministry summoned Israel`s charge d`affaires on Wednesday in protest at its "provocative measures" in east Jerusalem, a day after hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police.
Egypt delivered a "a clear message to the effect that Israel must immediately stop all provocative and illegal measures that feed the cycle of conflict," the ministry said in a statement.
Sixteen Palestinians were hospitalised after Tuesday`s violence in annexed east Jerusalem, where tensions have been high since Israel`s announcement last week of plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jewish settlers.
The reopening of a twice-destroyed Hurva synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem`s walled Old City on Monday further raised the tensions.
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