Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (Judea and Samaria) Major-General Yoav Mordechai told Palestinian Authority media that Israel is not interested in an escalation of the security situation in Judea and Samaria, and that Israeli is maintaining the status quo on Temple Mount.
Mordechai emphasized that the police annulled the limitations on entry onto Temple Mount placed on residents of the Palestinian Authority during the fall holiday season.