Israel removes mosque metal detectors
JERUSALEM— Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City in favor of closed-circuit television cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinians said the modified security measures were still unacceptable. Israel installed the detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem after two police guards were fatally shot on July 14, setting off the bloodiest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years. The spike in tensions and the deaths of three Israelis and four Palestinians in violence on Friday and Saturday prompted a session of the UN Security Council to consider ways of defusing the crisis.—