Banners reading freedom for Palestine were held in Brighton It came as police fired tear gas and stun grenades, some of them landing in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli police said Palestinians had hurled stones, chairs and other objects at officers and onto an adjoining road near the Western Wall, where thousands of Israeli Jews had gathered to pray. In a statement, police alleged extremists were behind the violence and said they would “not allow extremists to harm the safety and security of the public”. The latest violence at the mosque compound came after days of mounting tensions between Palestinians and Israeli authorities in the Old City of Jerusalem, the emotional ground zero of the conflict.