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• Dec. 5: A man dressed as Santa Claus tries to give a sweet to Israeli police in one of the entrances of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, for Friday prayers in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel placed military and police forces on alert Friday to head off new violence after the evacuation of a disputed West Bank building brought tensions between the government, extremist settlers and Palestinians to a peak.
• Dec. 5: An Israeli soldier points his rifle towards Palestinian stone throwers during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron.
• Dec. 5: Israeli border police officers gather next to a disputed building that was evacuated Thursday, in the West Bank city of Hebron.
• Dec. 5: An Israeli soldier fires tear gas at Palestinian stone throwers during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron.
• Dec. 5: A Palestinian youth stands next to a burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Hebron.
• Dec. 5: Palestinian men sweep rocks from the front steps of their house after Jewish settlers rampaged in the area following the evacuation of a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron. After the eviction of a disputed house in Hebron Thursday, settler youth rampaged in the town, attacking Palestinians and setting fire to property. Israeli defense officials say the military has been placed on alert in the West Bank to head off settler violence in wake of the evacuation of the building. Hebrew graffiti reads "revenge."
• Dec. 3: A Jewish settler is arrested by Israeli border police officers near a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron. Tensions have been high in the divided West Bank city and unrest has taken place around a house where Jewish settlers have holed up in defiance of an Israeli Supreme Court eviction order. There have been clashes between Jewish settlers, Palestinians and Israeli security forces in recent days.
• Dec. 3: Jewish settlers and supporters of the settler movement sing outside a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron. Tensions have been high in the divided West Bank city and unrest has taken place around a house where Jewish settlers have holed up in defiance of an Israeli Supreme Court eviction order. There have been clashes between Jewish settlers, Palestinians and Israeli security forces in recent days.
• Dec. 3: A Jewish girl supporter of the settler movement is seen on the ground after she was detained during a scuffle with Israeli border police officers near a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron. Tensions have been high in the divided West Bank city and unrest has taken place around a house where Jewish settlers have holed up in defiance of an Israeli Supreme Court eviction order.
• Dec. 3: A supporter of the Jewish settler movement scuffles with Israeli riot police near a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron.
• Dec. 3: Israeli police detain a young Jewish settler near a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron.
• Dec. 3: Smoke rises from a Palestinian area after a fire was allegedly set by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron. Tensions have been high in the divided West Bank city and unrest has taken place around a house where Jewish settlers have holed up in defiance of an Israeli Supreme Court eviction order. There have been clashes between Jewish settlers, Palestinians and Israeli security forces in recent days.
• Dec. 3: A Jewish settler scuffles with an Israeli border police officer as she is arrested near a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron.
• Dec. 3: Palestinian youths walk past a burning tire near a disputed house occupied by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron.