Reactions pour in after Israel unrest

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Reactions poured in from around the world after days of unrest in Jerusalem, with hundreds wounded in fresh clashes Monday between Palestinians and Israeli police at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Here are reactions from around the world:

- Turkey -

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to mobilise the world to stop Israeli "terror", in phone calls Monday to Palestinian leaders.

In the calls to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Erdogan denounced Israel's actions and extended support.

The Turkish leader pledged to "do everything in his power to mobilise the world, starting with the Islamic world, to stop Israel's terror and occupation," his office said.

- Iran -

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter to blame Israel for stealing "people's land & homes" and creating "an Apartheid regime".

He also accused Israel of refusing to vaccinate citizens "under illegal occupation" and accused Israeli police of shooting "innocent worshippers" inside the Al-Aqsa mosque.

On Saturday, a foreign ministry spokesman called on the United Nations to condemn the Israeli police action in the mosque compound, saying it amounted to a "war crime".

- Egypt -

Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement it "firmly" condemned "the new incursion of Israeli forces into the al-Aqsa mosque".

Egypt's assistant minister of foreign affairs, Nazih Al-Najari met Monday with the Israeli ambassador in Cairo, Amira Oron, to say Egypt rejected and denounced Israel's action.

- UN -

The UN Security Council held an urgent meeting Monday over the violence, but issued no immediate statement.

Negotiations were continuing among the 15 nations on the Security Council on a text that could be watered down from an initial draft proposed by Norway.

But diplomats said the United States believed public comments would be counterproductive.

- Middle East Quartet -

The four members of the Middle East Quartet -- the US, Russia, the EU and the UN -- on Saturday expressed "deep concern" over violence in Jerusalem, a day after clashes wounded more than 200 people.

- Pope Francis -

Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to the violence, saying he was "following with particular concern the events that are happening in Jerusalem".

"I pray so that this might be a place of encounter and not violent clashes, a place of prayer and of peace," he said.

"Violence only generates violence. Let's stop these clashes."

- Germany -

Speaking after an EU meeting in Brussels, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday the bloc had been "exerting influence for a long time" and that he had spoken to contacts in the US, Jordan and Israel in recent days.

"We can only call on all sides to deescalate this truly explosive situation. both sides can contribute to this," he told reporters in Brussels.

- France -

Ahead of a planned march to commemorate Israel's capture of Jerusalem in 1967 -- later scrapped -- a French foreign ministry spokeswoman warned of the risk of a "large scale escalation".

"France calls on all concerned to show the greatest restraint and refrain from any provocation to allow a return to calm as swiftly as possible," the spokeswoman said Monday.