Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians who tried to enter a site where Jewish construction was taking place in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud. The Palestinians were protesting construction work begun by members of the right-wing group Ateret Cohanim, which has sought permission to build at the site for more than a year.
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