investigation into that incident as well. now, in recent days israel has introduced a series of new security measures trying to combat the growing violence here that has really lasted about three weeks or so, erecting dozens of checkpoints in the primarily palestinian east jerusalem areas and placing large concrete walls between arab and israeli neighborhoods. secretary of state john kerry is due to arrive in the region sometime this week to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders to talk about the violence, to try to find a solution. france has actually floated a u.n. proposal to place international observers at the mosque compound. violence erupted about a month ago as jewish groups pushed for more access at this holiest site known as the temple mount. the effort there by the jewish groups enraging palestinians, setting off the violence that has now lasted about a month. both u.s. and israel apparently rejecting this french proposal, but right now secretary kerry is coming to the r
in a moment with one of the top experts in the middle east. i want to get to connor powell live for us in jerusalem. what s the situation tonight? reporter: there s a lot of theories about where this wave of violence is going, could it escalate? one thing that is clear, everyone here in jerusalem and around the region are on edge tonight. the tensions really began to rise earlier this summer after violent clashes erupted between palestinians and israelis at the mosque compound. right-wing israeli groups including a member of the israeli cabinet have pushed for access to the mosque compound which sits upon the historic jewish temple mound. it s a holy site for both jews and muslims here and much contested. the jewish crews have called for a new one there. that s erupted the anger of arab israelis and palestinians. prime minister netanyahu banned members of his cabinet to go to the compound and said he supports the status quo agreement to basically keep
martin. and ben, refresh for us, we know, of course, the historic tensions between palestinians and israelis. what is sparking this latest round of violence? well, this latest round of violence has been sparked by tensions over control of the temple mount or the noble sanctuary as it s known to muslims. many palestinians fear that the status quo that s been in existence for decades there whereby muslims worship on the temple mount in the mosque compound. jews worship at the wall. but there s no, for instance, jews do not enter the temple mount to pray. but increasingly, there s been a push by hard line elements within israeli society to gain greater and greater access to the mosque. as a result, there have been muslim activists who have been
succeed. who did he try to attack? israeli police say the 19-year-old man was shot holding a knife in his hand covered in blood. police say he just stabbed a 15-year-old israeli boy. palestinians say he d attacked no one, just got into a verbal altercation with protesters. they say the israeli protesters syr simply wanted him dead. his friends say he was peaceful and loved fashion and wanted to be a model. his father says he was executed in cold blood. for days there have been running clashes clashes. far right israelis have been visiting a mosque compound. now stone throwing and tear gas have escalated to stabbings and gunfire. the video will likely make tensions worse. we are joined now live from
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