\n Reactions poured in from around the world after days of unrest in Jerusalem, with hundreds wounded in fresh clashes Monday between Palestinians and Israeli police at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.\n<\/p>\n
\n Here are reactions from around the world:\n<\/p>\n
\n - Turkey -\n<\/p>\n
\n Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to mobilise the world to stop Israeli \"terror\", in phone calls Monday to Palestinian leaders.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the calls to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Erdogan denounced Israel's actions and extended support.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Turkish leader pledged to \"do everything in his power to mobilise the world, starting with the Islamic world, to stop Israel's terror and occupation,\" his office said.\n<\/p>\n
\n - Iran -\n<\/p>\n
\n Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter to blame Israel for stealing \"people's land & homes\" and creating \"an Apartheid regime\".\n<\/p>\n
\n He also accused Israel of refusing to vaccinate citizens \"under illegal occupation\" and accused Israeli police of shooting \"innocent worshippers\" inside the Al-Aqsa mosque.\n<\/p>\n
\n On Saturday, a foreign ministry spokesman called on the United Nations to condemn the Israeli police action in the mosque compound, saying it amounted to a \"war crime\".\n<\/p>\n
\n - Egypt -\n<\/p>\n
\n Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement it \"firmly\" condemned \"the new incursion of Israeli forces into the al-Aqsa mosque\".\n<\/p>\n
\n Egypt's assistant minister of foreign affairs, Nazih Al-Najari met Monday with the Israeli ambassador in Cairo, Amira Oron, to say Egypt rejected and denounced Israel's action.\n<\/p>\n
\n - UN -\n<\/p>\n
\n The UN Security Council held an urgent meeting Monday over the violence, but issued no immediate statement.\n<\/p>\n
\n Negotiations were continuing among the 15 nations on the Security Council on a text that could be watered down from an initial draft proposed by Norway.\n<\/p>\n
\n But diplomats said the United States believed public comments would be counterproductive.\n<\/p>\n
\n - Middle East Quartet -\n<\/p>\n
\n The four members of the Middle East Quartet -- the US, Russia, the EU and the UN -- on Saturday expressed \"deep concern\" over violence in Jerusalem, a day after clashes wounded more than 200 people.\n<\/p>\n
\n - Pope Francis -\n<\/p>\n
\n Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to the violence, saying he was \"following with particular concern the events that are happening in Jerusalem\".\n<\/p>\n
\n \"I pray so that this might be a place of encounter and not violent clashes, a place of prayer and of peace,\" he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"Violence only generates violence. Let's stop these clashes.\"\n<\/p>\n
\n - Germany -\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking after an EU meeting in Brussels, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday the bloc had been \"exerting influence for a long time\" and that he had spoken to contacts in the US, Jordan and Israel in recent days.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"We can only call on all sides to deescalate this truly explosive situation. both sides can contribute to this,\" he told reporters in Brussels.\n<\/p>\n
\n - France -\n<\/p>\n
\n Ahead of a planned march to commemorate Israel's capture of Jerusalem in 1967 -- later scrapped -- a French foreign ministry spokeswoman warned of the risk of a \"large scale escalation\".\n<\/p>\n
\n \"France calls on all concerned to show the greatest restraint and refrain from any provocation to allow a return to calm as swiftly as possible,\" the spokeswoman said Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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