Clashes Rock East Jerusalem, Gloom Peace Prospect -- Xinhuanet
JERUSALEM, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Clashes erupted between Israeli police and Arab protesters on Tuesday in a disputed section of Jerusalem, further heightening tensions that have already threatened to stifle the budding U.S. peace-making efforts.
During the violence that started early in the morning, hundreds of Arab youths threw stones at Israeli police forces and set tires and garbage bins on fire at several locations in East Jerusalem, the predominantly Arab section of the holy city the Palestinian claim to be the capital of their future state, and the latter responded with stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
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