judgment. now even netanyahu s own former top lieutenants are questioning his judgment. i believe that the benjamin netanyahu of today is not the benjamin that danielle that i knew when he appointed me head of mossad. and i agree for this, but i cannot accept that he could could should continue and lead the country as israel quickly approaches at 75th independence day. netanyahu driving the country into unknown territory. now israeli prime minister netanyahu earlier today announcing that non muslims will be barred from going to the temple mount slash the al aqsa compound for the remainder of ramadan. this announcement likely bringing a sigh of relief too much of the security establishment here who believe that will help calm the rising tensions, but it s been here, the minister of national security, saying in a statement that this is a serious mistake
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at the western wall, which is right adjacent to the al aqsa mosque and you have muslims coming to the mosque for ramadan observances. so there there is a very heightened police presence and there is an attempt to separate, you know, to have a situation where there is not a direct friction between both sides. other parts of the city remain relatively calm, but that area, that confluence right there at the temple mount and the al aqsa compound, that area is particularly volatile and that is where police are keeping an eye and palestinians also giving a very watchful eye on the israeli police behaviour at that site. bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg injerusalem. good to talk to you. thank you. now to yemen, where delegations from saudi arabia and 0man are holding peace talks with yemen s houthi rebels aimed at reaching a ceasefire there. the talks are happening in the country s capital sana a, which is controlled by the houthis. this isn t the first ceasefire attempt, but it is signi
atmosphere like there right now injerusalem? i would say that in the old city ofjerusalem, which is in occupied eastjerusalem, that s where you have the most tension right now, where you, again, havejews observing their holiday, worshipping at the western wall, which is right adjacent to the al aqsa mosque and you have muslims coming to the mosque for ramadan observances. so there there is a very heightened police presence and there is an attempt to separate, you know, to have a situation where there is not a direct friction between both sides. other parts of the city remain relatively calmer, but that area, that confluence right there at the temple mount and the al aqsa compound, that area is particularly volatile and that is where police are keeping an eye and palestinians also giving a very watchful eye on the israeli police behaviour at that site. bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg injerusalem. good to talk to you.