CAIRO, July 23 (Xinhua) --The Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Ghiet warned Israel on Sunday that Jerusalem is "a red line" that cannot be bypassed.
"Israel is playing with fire and is igniting a big crisis with the Arab and Muslim world because of its measures in Jerusalem," Aboul-Ghiet's spokesman said in a press statement.
He added that Israel is attempting to impose a new reality in East Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Muslims' third holiest site.
On Friday, three Palestinian protesters were killed and hundreds others injured in clashes with Israeli troops over Israel's introduction of detectors and cameras at the Muslim entrance to the holy site, which sparked anger throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli police are still ongoing outside the Mosque.
The recent Israeli measures added tension to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that has lasted for decades, since the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and the Western-backed creation of Israel in 1948.
The Palestinians seek to establish an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital city in the light of the UN-proposed two-state solution based on the pre-1967 borders.
