Israel on Tuesday decided to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City and replace them with smart, less obtrusive surveillance means, a cabinet statement said.
\nIsrael 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.
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu\u2019s cabinet<\/strong> 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. Israel on Tuesday decided to remove metal detectors it had placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City and replace them with smart, less obtrusive surveillance means, a cabinet statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s 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.
\nA 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 \u201csmart checking\u201d means.<\/p>\n
\nThe cabinet statement added that it had allocated 100 million shekels (about $28 million) for the equipment and for additional police officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"