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Violence Erupts After Sharon Visits Jerusalem Holy Site

Aired September 28, 2000 - 9:01 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We are going to begin overseas with the latest violence in the Holy Land. Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing Palestinians. The clashes were sparked by a Jewish leader's visit to a hotly-contested sacred site.

CNN Jerusalem bureau chief Mike Hanna joins us with the latest -- Mike.

MIKE HANNA, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: Well, Daryn, the ripples of violence radiate outwards. Reports from the West Bank town of Ramallah say that there have been clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces. This follows a confrontation earlier in the day when a conservative Israeli politician decided to visit the most contentious and sensitive and holiest of sites in Jerusalem, an action that could have an impact on the fragile peace process.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HANNA (voice-over): It was an intensely controversial visit by the opposition leader Ariel Sharon. Surrounded by a screen of security forces, he entered the area Jews call the Temple Mount, a site referred to by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. This place holy to both religions, and the question of who should hold sovereignty here the most contentious in the ongoing negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.

When Ariel Sharon emerged from the compound, the violence of observers believed to be inevitable erupted between the Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces remaining inside. Shots were fired, stones were thrown, and there were a number of injuries on both sides.

Ariel Sharon was unrepentant.

ARIEL SHARON, LIKUD PARTY LEADER: I come here to the holiest place of the Jewish people in order to see what happens here and really to have the feeling that how we need to move forward. It was an awful occasion here.

HANNA: Not so, insisted the Palestinians. The senior Palestinian council member among the demonstrators said, these Israelis are occupying the holy place. And angry reaction, too, from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat: "It was a dangerous step which caused harm to the Islamic holy places," says Mr. Arafat. "The Arab and Islamic world must mobilize against such actions."

The confrontation followed overnight violence in the Gaza Strip. Two Israeli soldiers were injured while escorting settlers along the road to the settlement of Netserene (ph), an Israeli enclave within Palestinian territory. Two bombs reportedly exploded alongside the road while the convoy was passing by.

The future of the Jewish settlements another of the matters being discussed by those attempting to negotiate a lasting peace deal. But like so many issues in the talks, it remains unresolved.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HANNA: The violence in Gaza, the confrontation here in Jerusalem present a bleak picture of the alternative to negotiations, a reminder, too, that while the talks are deadlocked, and if indeed they should end in failure, there can be no peace, there will be no end to the conflict.

I'm Mike Hanna, CNN, reporting live from Jerusalem.

ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Thank you, Mike.

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