As so often in the past, the latest scenes of violence at Jerusalem’s most important holy site for Muslims and Jews are igniting widespread anger. In one social media video, heavily armed Israeli police apparently use a rifle butt and sticks to beat Palestinian worshippers who had barricaded themselves inside the al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli police have released their own footage which seems to show fireworks thrown by Palestinians, lighting up the prayer hall. Pictures of the aftermath show overturned furniture and prayer mats scattered across the carpet. With tensions already running high in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, for months, officials and diplomats have been warning about the risk of a new round of violence in this sacred spot at a highly sensitive time.(BBC)…[+]