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Palestinians barred from entering holy site
9:58am Friday 19th March 2010 in
The Israeli police presence in east Jerusalem has been raised today and Palestinian access to the city’s holiest site strictly limited in anticipation of possible unrest.
Israel is also barring nearly all West Bank Palestinians from entering the city.
Friday is the Muslim holy day, and in tense times protests often break out after midday prayers.
Heightened tensions have come after Palestinians and police clashed repeatedly this week in east Jerusalem. The violence coincided with a US-Israeli diplomatic feud.
On Thursday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with a proposal to defuse the crisis, which erupted over Israeli plans to build 1,600 apartments in east Jerusalem.
Neither side released details.
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