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Israeli Authorities Close Contested Holy Site

Israeli Authorities Close Contested Holy Site

<p> </p><p> <b>Top News: </b>Israeli counterterrorism forces <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7BcPorTI9uzGUA66db style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">shot</a> and killed a Palestinian man, Moataz Hejazi, who was suspected of shooting Israeli activist Yehuda Glick. Glick, a campaigner for Jewish access to the disputed holy site Temple Mount, was targeted on Wednesday night. After the killing, police and residents clashed in the Abu Tor neighborhood, where Hejazi was shot. </p><br><p> For the first time in years, Israel restricted all worshipers' access to the Temple Mount, which is known to Muslims as Haram-al Sharif. Palestinian authorities condemned the move, calling it a "grave act." "This dangerous Israeli escalation is a declaration of war on the Palestinian people and its sacred places and on the Arab and Islamic nation," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. </p><br><p> Glick and his supporters have been pushing for more Jewish access to the site, which is administered by Muslim authorities. Under an arrangement that has been in place for decades, Jews are not allowed to worship atop the mount, only in the Western Wall plaza below. </p><br><p> <b>Syria: </b>A first contingent of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the Syrian town of Kobani to help fight the Islamic State. The town, which lies on the border with Turkey, has been surrounded by militants for some 40 days. US-led airstrikes have so far failed to break the siege. </p><br>


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Asia

<ul><p> • China's top political advisory body <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7BcPorTI9uzGsA4f87 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">voted</a> to dismiss Hong Kong businessman James Tien for his criticism of Chief Executive CY Leung. </p><br> <p> • A military court in South Korea <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7BcPorTI9uzHEA9019 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">sentenced</a> four soldiers to between 25-45 years in prison for their role in the death of a junior soldier. </p><br> <p> • Rescue workers in Sri Lanka continued their <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7BcPorTI9uzHcA5495 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">search</a> for survivors of a landslide at a tea plantation. Some 100 people are feared buried. </p><br> </ul>
Middle East

<ul><p> • Tunisia's secularist party Nidaa Tounes <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp0LA4e7f style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">won</a> 85 parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote. </p><br> <p> • Egypt began demolishing homes along the Gaza-Sinai border in an effort to develop a buffer zone aimed at preventing weapons smuggling. </p><br> <p> • The UN Security Council <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp0eAd7a2 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">rebuked</a> Israel over advancing plans to build homes in East Jerusalem. </p><br> </ul>
Europe

<ul><p> • France began an <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7BcPorTI9uzIXA7195 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">investigation</a> into unidentified drones spotted over nuclear plants. </p><br> <p> • EU-hosted negotiations between Moscow and Kiev to renew deliveries of Russian gas to Ukraine <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp1AA4a14 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">stalled</a>. </p><br> <p> • Russia has <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp1UA56d1 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">increased</a> military aircraft flights over Europe in recent days, according to NATO officials. </p><br> </ul>
Africa

<ul><p> • Demonstrators in Burkina Faso <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp1kA09bf style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">set fire</a> to parliament to protest the plan to allow President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule. </p><br> <p> • Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp13A4db2 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">confirmed</a> he would seek reelection in February. </p><br> <p> • Vice President Guy Scott was <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jcPonVogxp2LAf660 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">appointed</a> as leader of Zambia, becoming the first white head of state in sub-Saharan Africa since apartheid. </p><br> </ul>
Latin America

<ul><p> • Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7jsPonVogxp2dA2851 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">met</a> with the families of 43 students who disappeared after clashes with police last month. </p><br> <p> • American health officials <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7N8PosUHXrsRqA6502 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">participated</a> in an Ebola conference, aimed at developing strategies to prevent the spread of the virus in the Americas, in Cuba. </p><br> <p> • Severe flooding in central Argentina <a href="http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71y0ri.zcb/VFI7N8PosUHXrsR6A7687 style="font-weight:bold;color:#ea1414" target="blank">damaged</a> homes and forced dozens of people to evacuate. </p><br> </ul>
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