JERUSALEM—Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas suspended all contact with Israel on Friday after new security measures around Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site set off a wave of widespread violence that left at least six people dead. Israeli security forces clashed with thousands of Palestinians protesting Israel’s installation of metal detectors last week at entrances to the site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 21, 2017 22:00 UTC