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media. britain s top spy boss says extremism is right online. tech giants are ignoring it well there s heightened tension in jerusalem where right wing israeli activists attempted to storm al-aqsa compounds. palestinians turned up at the site after being denied entry to the mosque. imtiaz tyab is in jerusalem. the situation in and around the al aqsa mosque is tense after a group of far right jewish activists tried to enter the holy sites. that, of course, resulted in confrontations between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces. in a rare move we understand that israeli security forces entered the mosque at al- absque. we have been told by an israeli police spokesperson that they went a meter or so in to close the door of the mosque. whatever the case, again it s a very rare move, one that will no doubt inflame the situation in occupied east jerusalem. the situation there, of course, very tense over the past several months. particularly over the past sev ....
social media. a british spy boss says extremism is ripe online, and tech giantsar ignoring it we begin in jerusalem, where a driver hit beddestryions inway beddestryians in what place say may have been a deliberate attack. following a morning of violence at the al-aqsa compound. israeli activists attempted to storm the site. details are sketchy. hopefully s imtiaz tyab will be able to shed more light on what happened for us. he is live in jerusalem. not one, but possibility two incidents unfolding as we speak. that s right. very confusing situation on the ground here in jerusalem. what i can tell you is what we have been told by the police. they told us that a man driving a struck drove into a crowd of people waiting at a light rail station. a number of police were injured. after the driver of the car drove into the pedestrian waiting at the light rail station, we understand he tried to flee the scene. got involved in the altercation with the police. what we don t ....
in the u.s. midterm elections, taking control of both houses in congress. and the sirps side of social sirnster side of social media. tech giants are ignoring the widespread use of the web by extremists. our top story - there has been heightened tension in jerusalem, where israeli activists threatened to storm the al-aqsa compound. palestinians turned up at the site and fought with israeli police after being denied entry to the mosque. the mosque is sacred to jews and muslim. it is located in occupied east jerusalem. israel supplied access to the site called temple mount. muslims referred to it as the nobel sanctuary. it s home to the dome of the rock and al-aqsa mosque. it s managed as part of a 20 year piece deal. non-muslims are allowed to visit the site. jews are not allowed to pray there. we ll go to imtiaz tyab. live from jerusalem. we know this has long been a flashpoint between muslims and jews. what sparked the recent tension? that s right. it really ha ....
we had to hold our elected officials accountable. i wanted tell you right now, with your help and god s will, we will change the direction of our country. we will break down what happened in this, the most expensive midterm election in history, and look ahead to what it means for the 2016 race. president obama starts making grand bargains with his republican senate in the next two years, he creates a situation where democratic hardy that still has many advantages going into presidential cycle, could lose some of those advantages. and we will look at ballot initiatives including increasing the minimum wage which one in every state it was put before voters. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. republicans have emerged from tuesday s midterm elections with control of congress for the first time in eight years. in the most expensive midterm in election history, the republican party took co ....
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