The violence prompted an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to consider ways of defusing the crisis around Holy sites. Outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, metal detectors have been removed by Israeli authorities but for many Palestinians that's not enough. Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour told the meeting in New York, Israel has engaged in provocative and inflammatory measures. Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, rejected that assessment, blaming Palestinians for prompting the violence. This violent and bloody conflict is actively discussed in Israel with the opinions on the actions of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu are as wide as the poles apart. We asked the editor-in-chief of Israeli Ekho Weekly and the Executive Director of ITON.TV Alexander Ronkin to comment on a situation.
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