Palestinians have clashed with Israeli police in two areas of occupied East Jerusalem after Palestinian groups called for a "day of rage" over the reopening of a synagogue in the Old City.
Palestinians threw stones at Israeli police who responded with stun grenades in the Shuafat and Essawiyya neighbourhoods early on Tuesday.
At least 90 people were wounded in the clashes, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, with around 15 people seriously hurt by rubber-coated steel bullets, teargas inhalation and at the hands of Israeli police.
Israel security forces said about eight police officers were lightly injured in clashes that ended with up to 60 arrests.
About 3,000 police officers had been deployed in East Jerusalem and nearby villages after Hamas and other Palestinian groups called for action in response to the reopening of the Hurva synagogue.
The Hurva, considered by some people to to be one of Judaism's most sacred sites, reopened for the first time in 62 years on Monday in the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.
The walled Old City is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which makes the reopening of the synagogue controversial.
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Jordan turns to Islamic banking
The Jordanian government has borrowed $100 million from the Jordan Islamic Bank, following the successful performance of Islamic banking during the latest global financial crisis.
Mohammad Abu Hamour, the Jordanian finance minister, signed the loan agreement on behalf of the government on Monday.
He said that the credit would be used for buying wheat and barley to enhance the country's strategic stockpile of the two basic commodities.
"Our decision to turn to Islamic banks for borrowing came in the light of the success scored by Islamic banking during the world financial crisis," the minister said.
Abu Hammour said that his ministry had set up panels for appraising the feasibility of borrowing through the issuance of Islamic bonds, the sukuk.
The minister added his ministry had come up with a plan to handle the record deficit in Jordan's public budget which was expected to reach 1.5 billion dollars in fiscal 2010.
According to regional and international studies, Islamic banks were the least affected by the crisis that rocked the world economy in the last quarter of 2008 - compared with big losses incurred by conventional banks.
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Mohammad Abu Hamour, the Jordanian finance minister, signed the loan agreement on behalf of the government on Monday.
He said that the credit would be used for buying wheat and barley to enhance the country's strategic stockpile of the two basic commodities.
"Our decision to turn to Islamic banks for borrowing came in the light of the success scored by Islamic banking during the world financial crisis," the minister said.
Abu Hammour said that his ministry had set up panels for appraising the feasibility of borrowing through the issuance of Islamic bonds, the sukuk.
The minister added his ministry had come up with a plan to handle the record deficit in Jordan's public budget which was expected to reach 1.5 billion dollars in fiscal 2010.
According to regional and international studies, Islamic banks were the least affected by the crisis that rocked the world economy in the last quarter of 2008 - compared with big losses incurred by conventional banks.
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