JERUSALEM — East Jerusalem was on edge just after midnight on Saturday as Palestinians faced off with Israeli police in nightly Ramadan clashes that sparked rocket fire by militants in the Gaza Strip and protests in Palestinian towns across the occupied West Bank.
Tension is higher than usual in the holy city following protests on Thursday by Palestinian youth angered with curbs on gathering during the Muslim holy month and by Israelis enraged by recent Palestinian street attacks on religious Jews.
Police mostly succeeded in keeping the demonstrators apart on Thursday, with many of the far-right Israeli participants chanting “Death to Arabs”.
But the arrests and injuries r…
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