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Israel Site Now Video-Monitored

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At the Temple Mount.

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Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu defended the installation of video cameras at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, now home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying that it could help show that Israel is not in fact trying to increase its Jewish presence there. Yet Palestinians have claimed that the video surveillance could be used to spy on Muslims and potentially arrest them. The deal to install them was brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

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