Despite US Brokered Agreement, Israeli Police Remove Cameras Installed At Temple Mount

The move comes days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that cameras would be installed to help defuse tension at the site.

haaretz
By haaretz
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas center right, and close aide to Abbas, Saeb Erekat, center, after their meeting at Abbas' residence in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Kerry said Saturday that Israel and Jordan have agreed on steps aimed at reducing tensions at a holy site in Jerusalem that have fanned Israeli-Palestinian violence. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Muslim religious officials say that surveillance cameras they installed Monday morning at Jerusalem's Temple Mount were dismantled by the Israel Police. The cameras were removed two days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced at a press conference in Amman that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to install 24-hour

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Analysis: Kerry’s Al-Aqsa ‘Deal’ Is Little More Than A Band-Aid On A Bleeding Ulcer

The major announcement is that Israel will lift restrictions on Muslims worshipping at the Holy Site and video surveillance cameras will be installed to “discourage anybody from disturbing the sanctity of this holy site.” But will this really be the “game-changer” Kerry says it will be?

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli police are reporting new unrest at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. The site, known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims, had experienced several days of unrest in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

SEATTLE --- Secretary of State John Kerry is in the midst of a whirlwind of Middle East diplomacy. In addition to seeking a deal with Russia over Syria, he’s concluding a separate deal with Jordan aimed at reducing recent tension in the Holy Land that has resulted in the deaths of 60 Palestinians and 10 Israelis. Since the latest wave of

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