GENE RANDALL: At least nine people are dead, hundreds more wounded in three days of fighting between Palestinians and Israeli police. The clashes began Thursday at a bitterly disputed holy site in Jerusalem. More from our bureau chief there, Mike Hanna.</s>MIKE HANNA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was an auspicious start to the Jewish new year -- incidents of violence throughout Palestinian territories. More than 300 people have been wounded in the past three days of conflict. At least 10 people have been killed in various incidents that have occurred. At the root of the violence, according to the Palestinian side, a controversial visit paid by an Israeli opposition politician to a holy site in the old city of Jerusalem Thursday. They say the site was interpreted as an invasion of Muslim holy sites. They insist that the Israeli forces, too, are using excessive force in attempting to quell the Palestinian demonstrations and criticize, in particular, the Israeli use of sharpshooters to isolate and pick out individual targets. The Israelis say, however -- deny that they are using excessive force. They say that they are using the force necessary to protect Israeli lives. They insist, too, that, from the Palestinian side, there is a degree of organization. They insist that the responsibility for the crisis lies with the Palestinians and insist that the Palestinian security forces have to restore order in their areas. The Israeli chief of staff says that Israel has no intention or interest in continuing this confrontation, and has called on the Palestinian security leaders, as well as the political leaders, to bring their forces and their followers under control. As dusk fell, another round of violence in the Gaza Strip; and the situation remains calm, but tenuous in several other areas. So the new year begins, but no sign to an end to the confrontation -- an end to the conflict, and a potential victim of this ongoing violence, too, a teetering peace process. A process that was in deadlock even before the current round of conflict. Mike Hanna, CNN Jerusalem.
Nine Dead, Hundreds Wounded in Clash Between Palestinians, Israeli Police