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Over 120 settlers violate Aqsa Mosque protected by Israeli forces
[PRESSTV] Dozens of Israeli settlers have violated the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds under the tight protection of regime forces.According to a statement by the Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem al-Quds, carried by the Paleostine Information Center, 121 Israeli settlers entered the compound from the Moroccan Gate on Sunday morning, attempting to perform rituals. It said that 62 of the holy warrior settlers performed rituals in the courtyards while the mosque guards prevented many others from doing so during their provocative tours at the holy site. Israeli forces stationed at al-Aqsa gates imposed restrictions on Paleostinian worshipers’ access to the mosque, demanded their ID cards, frisked them, and searched their bags, the statement added. Hard-line Israeli politicians and holy warrior settlers regularly violate the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied city, a provocative move that infuriates Paleostinians. The al-Aqsa Mosque compound sits just above the Western Wall plaza and houses both the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque. According to an agreement signed between the Israeli regime and the Jordanian government after Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem al-Quds in 1967, non-Moslem worship at the compound is prohibited. Paleostinians want the occupied West Bank as part of their future independent state with East Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of their future sovereign state. Related: Israeli settlers: 2019-08-02 Israel approves homes for Palestinians, settlers Israeli settlers: 2019-05-19 Two masked suspects break into settlement, flee after encountering patrol Israeli settlers: 2019-04-15 Palestinian governor of Jerusalem rearrested by Israeli police Related: Al-Aqsa Mosque: 2019-09-22 Call to destroy Israel at Islamist conference in Ankara Al-Aqsa Mosque: 2019-09-08 Swedish imam fined for calling Jews the ‘offspring of apes and pigs’ Al-Aqsa Mosque: 2019-08-10 Waqf calls for mass prayers at Temple Mount to stop Jews visiting on Tisha B’av Posted by: Fred 2019-10-07 |
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