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A Palestinian has been killed after a Jewish settlement guard opened fire at a group of men in an Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
The incident occurred after clashes broke out between Jewish settlers and a number of local Palestinians in the Silwan neighborhood, Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan reported from Jerusalem.
Israeli policemen fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters after the shooting, leaving several Palestinians wounded.
"Early this morning a private security guard drove in his car when the road was blocked with garbage. Cans and stones were throne at him from an upper level by tens of people," Mickey Rosenfeld, an Israeli police spokesman, said.
"The security guard pulled his gun and shot dead a 32 year-old local citizen. The man who was killed is known to the police. His body was taken for examination. The security guard was arrested. The investigation is still in process," he said.
Silwan, a crowded Arab neighborhood of roughly 45,000 Arabs, is one of the most volatile areas of East Jerusalem, which Israel occupied in 1967 and later annexed in a move not recognized by the international community.
Demolition plans
Plans to demolish Palestinian homes to make way for an archaeological park have triggered violent protests in the past.
The Jerusalem city council gave the green light in June for the controversial project which would be under the control of Elad, a group dedicated to expanding Jewish ownership in east Jerusalem.
Under the plan, 22 homes would be razed, while another 66 would be 'legalized'.
The park is planned on what is believed to be the site of ancient Jerusalem.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to be illegal.
The Palestinians want a freeze on all settlement construction but are also pushing for a renewal of a partial moratorium on settlement building that will end within days, even though the curbs do not cover east Jerusalem.
The Israeli government does not consider Jewish residents of East Jerusalem to be settlers as it views the whole of the Holy City as its "eternal and indivisible capital".
PHOTO CAPTION
Israeli soldiers stand near Palestinian farmers as they prevent them from fighting Monday with Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Burin.
Al-Jazeera
