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The status quo in the Al-Aqsa compound should beÌý"upheld", on TuesdayÌý during a briefing at the United Nations Security Council in New York.

Greenfield said that the US isÌý"deeply concerned about present-day tensions, including violence, in the and ", and welcomed the recent meetings between Jordan's King Abdullah and the Israeli chief of staff Aviv Kokhavi.

LastÌýThursday, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid met with King Abdullah in Amman and discussed coordination to defuse tensions in the city ahead of the Muslim holy month.

Meanwhile, a, Israeli settler groups have issued calls to .

On Monday, the Israel public broadcaster 'Kan 11' reported that King Abdullah will visit Ramallah next week and meet with Palestinian President Abbas to alleviate tensions.

Israeli outlets also reported that Jordan's ambassador to Israel has requested from the Israeli government not to allow into the al-Aqsa compound during the second half of Ramadan when Palestinian Muslims gather in preparation for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

On Friday,ÌýÌýthatÌýnew control measures in are being undertaken by Israeli authorities, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, out ofÌýfears of a majorÌýescalation between Israeli police and settlers on one hand, and Palestinians in the city on the other.

The month of Ramadan will coincide this year with the Jewish Passover, in addition to the 74th anniversary of .

The time period will also mark a year since the wave of Palestinian protests launchedÌýduring the month of Ramadan last year, dubbedÌý"", triggered by Israeli authorities' violent dispersal of worshipers at Al-Aqsa mosque and attempts to displace Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.

Confrontations between young Palestinians and Israeli settlers in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem a while ago.

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Tensions remain high in the city, following in the West Bank, . One of them, a 19-year-old, was killed by Israeli police afterÌý he stabbedÌýand injuredÌýtwo Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem's old city. Another 16-year-old was killed by the Israeli army during clashes in the town of Abu Dis, south of Jerusalem.

On Monday, Israeli forces raided the , north of Jerusalem and clashed with local youth, wounding eight Palestinians, according to local media reports.

On Saturday, young man in Jerusalem's Talpiot suburb after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli settler. A videoÌýcirculated on social media showed the 28-year-old Palestinian being shot after the attack had ended, while standing at distance from Israeli police officers. HeÌýsurvivedÌýand was arrested.

A Palestinian youth is gunned down this morning by an Israeli cop in Jerusalem. This is what occupation looks like. All cops may be bastards. But these cops are fascist bastards. We need to free Palestinians from Israeli fascism.

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Earlier in March, Israeli police exceptionally decided not to impose a general closure on the West Bank during the Jewish holiday of Purim, in an attempt to defuse tensions.

Simultaneously, the Palestinian Islamic-Christian Commission for the Ìýissued a statement, warning of "an explosion of the situation"Ìýin case Israeli settlers continued to storm the Al-Aqsa mosque in the coming weeks.

On Wednesday, more than 100 Israeli settlers broke into theÌý under the protection of Israeli police, and performed Jewish prayers, according to .ÌýEarly on Sunday, severalÌýIsraeli settlers stormed the sanctuary as well.

By morning in occupied , colonial Israeli settlers break into Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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According to Israeli media, the Israeli police has identified four areas of potential violence:Ìý neighbourhood, the just outside the old city, the , and in the old city, especially the Al-Aqsa compound and its surroundings.Ìý

"These are the places where Israeli police mostly ," Amjad Abu Assab, the spokesperson for the committee of families of Palestinian detainees in Jerusalem, told °®Âþµº.

"Israeli violence hasn't stopped in these places, nor the rest of the city," he added.

Israeli occupation forces prevented the residents of the occupied West Bank from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after traveling long distances to reach it, today morning.

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"In the past months, we have witnessed a of Palestinians in Jerusalem," he noted. "Israeli police have arrested 240 Palestinians in Jerusalem in January and 171 in February, addingÌýto the 3,500 Palestinians arrested, in 2021," he said.

"The Israeli police conducts dailyÌýrandom searches and harassments of Palestinians in the city for anyÌýreason, like if PalestiniansÌýgatheredÌýin a public space and hadÌýtea," said Abu Assab. "This is to be added to the series of in Jerusalem in the past months."

For nothing.... The occupation forces stop youths and search them in the occupied city of .

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According to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem's records, Israeli authorities 30 Palestinian structures in Jerusalem , leaving 78 Palestinians without home including 37 minors, and 17 Palestinian structures , leaving 40 Palestinians without a home, including 19 minors.