Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League has warned Israel is "playing with fire" over the "red line" of Jerusalem and its foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday over Israeli-Palestinian violence, according to statements on Sunday.
Israel sent extra troops into the occupied West Bank on Saturday after violence erupted over Israel's installation of metal detectors at entry points to the Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's walled Old City.
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