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| Ra’am outraged after cops manhandle top sheikh near Temple Mount | ||
| 2022-06-07 | ||
| [IsraelTimes] Party says officers must be held to account after senior member of Islamic Movement detained; police say he and his relatives fomented unrest. The Ra’am party on Sunday night accused police of assaulting a top religious figure in the Islamic Movement,
MK Walid Taha said cops physically abused Salamah after he told them not to smoke at the entrance to the Temple Mount, the compound that houses the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Police alleged that the sheikh and his family had "disturbed the peace," shouting at cops and stirring unrest. They asserted that officers attempted to "maintain the calm" but that Salamah’s relatives became increasingly rowdy and Ra’am’s relationship with the coalition has remained fragile over events in Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in particular, where the month of Ramadan saw repeated festivities between police and Moslems. The party froze its membership in the coalition in April over the violence, but returned to the fold in May, saying it would give the government another chance to come through for its constituents. Sheikh Salamah had been one of the top voices calling for the party to quit the government entirely. Related: Islamic Movement: 2022-05-20 Ankara Gathering of Political Figures Forms the Supreme Council of National Resistance for the Salvation of Afghanistan Islamic Movement: 2022-05-14 Lod imam again indicted for incitement to violence at Temple Mount Islamic Movement: 2022-05-06 Israeli police enter al-Aqsa as Jewish visits resume | ||
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