Without heavily armed Israeli police presence at the site during Ramadan, the Palestinians there would be free to celebrate and party into the wee hours before their new fast begins.
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Clashes at Damascus Gate have continued for three days straight since Ramadan began.
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Rioters in the area threw bottles, stones and other objects at police.
The High Court of Justice ruled that Sheik Jarrah families should be allowed to stay in their homes at reduced rent until the end of proceedings.
Nine Palestinians were injured as a result of violence between rioters and police.
The defendant, 22-year-old Ali Ajalin, is being indicted for a number of offenses, including an attempted terrorist attack.
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The attacker reportedly tried to stab two young ultra-Orthodox Jews who were Breslov hassidim at a parking lot near Damascus Gate.