Protests spread over Israeli plans

Hundreds of protesters in Lebanon and across Turkey have demonstrated against Israel's plans to build new housing in east Jerusalem. Protesters are also reacting to unsubstantiated rumors that Jewish extremists are planning to seize the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

In Beirut, protesters gathered outside a United Nations building, where they flew Lebanese, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags and chanted anti-Israeli slogans.

Some protestors carried a model of the Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third-holiest shrine.

A Palestinian Islamist shouts slogans during an anti-Israel  protest at Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, southern Lebanon March 19,  2010. The protest was held to express solidarity with Palestinians  and against Israeli settlement building plans in Jerusalem.  REUTERS/Ali Hashisho