Israeli 'shrine renovations' escalate religious war

[TonyGosling]

More Clashes Over Israeli Claim to Shrine
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: February 25, 2010
HEBRON, West Bank — Dozens of Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli forces for a fourth day on Thursday at various locations in this volatile city over the inclusion of a hotly contested religious shrine here, the Cave of the Patriarchs, in a list of places earmarked for renovation as Jewish heritage sites.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/world/middleeast/26hebron.html
But calls by both sides to turn Thursday into a day of mass confrontation and protest were only partly realized. The Palestinian demonstrators consisted mostly of knots of boys who burned tires and hurled rocks at the Israel soldiers, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. There were no reports of serious injuries on either side......