18 dec 2017
Scores of Israeli extremist settlers stormed Monday morning al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection.
Some 104 Jewish settlers, in successive groups, broke into al-Aqsa in the morning via the Magharibeh gate. They were escorted by large numbers of Israeli policemen and Special Forces. Israeli police restrict entry of Muslim worshipers into the holy shrine during the settlers' tours.
Israeli fanatic settlers routinely force their way into the Mosque on almost daily basis in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers.
Last week witnessed the incursion of hundreds of Jewish settlers into the holy site at the pretext of celebrating Jewish holidays while these days they are celebrating Hanukkah Holiday.
Some 104 Jewish settlers, in successive groups, broke into al-Aqsa in the morning via the Magharibeh gate. They were escorted by large numbers of Israeli policemen and Special Forces. Israeli police restrict entry of Muslim worshipers into the holy shrine during the settlers' tours.
Israeli fanatic settlers routinely force their way into the Mosque on almost daily basis in total provocation to Palestinian worshipers.
Last week witnessed the incursion of hundreds of Jewish settlers into the holy site at the pretext of celebrating Jewish holidays while these days they are celebrating Hanukkah Holiday.
Israeli soldiers abducted, earlier Monday, at least nine Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, while large groups of soldiers and colonists invaded the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, and archeological sites in Kifl Hares, near Salfit, in northwestern West Bank.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in the city, Doura nearby town, in addition to the villages of at-Tabaqa and Kharsa, and abducted four Palestinians.
It said that the soldiers abducted Mo’men Jamal Abu Hawwash, 18, from the at-Tabaqa village, in addition to Omar Talahma, 27, and Fadi Nammoura, and Shadi Nammoura, from Tabaqa and Kharsa villages.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods, before breaking into and ransacking homes, and abducted Mohammad Shahin Ja’bari.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, and abducted Ibrahim Abdul-Rahman Jibreen, 48, from Wadi Shahin area, in the center of the city, after invading his home.
The soldiers also abducted Mohammad Jawdat Shahrour, from the Eastern Neighborhood of Tulkarem city, in the northern part of the W Bank, and Laith Hussein from Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Mousa Abu Zeid, 40, was abducted by the soldiers at the al-Karama Border Terminal with Jordan, while he was returning from visiting with family members living in Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers and colonists invaded Kifl Hares, north of Salfit, and visited some archeological sites, after the soldiers closed the entire area.
Soldiers and colonists also invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, after storming it from thee al-Magharba Gate, and conducted provocative tours, after forcing many Palestinians out of the holy site.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and violently searched many homes in the city, Doura nearby town, in addition to the villages of at-Tabaqa and Kharsa, and abducted four Palestinians.
It said that the soldiers abducted Mo’men Jamal Abu Hawwash, 18, from the at-Tabaqa village, in addition to Omar Talahma, 27, and Fadi Nammoura, and Shadi Nammoura, from Tabaqa and Kharsa villages.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods, before breaking into and ransacking homes, and abducted Mohammad Shahin Ja’bari.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Bethlehem city, and abducted Ibrahim Abdul-Rahman Jibreen, 48, from Wadi Shahin area, in the center of the city, after invading his home.
The soldiers also abducted Mohammad Jawdat Shahrour, from the Eastern Neighborhood of Tulkarem city, in the northern part of the W Bank, and Laith Hussein from Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem.
Another Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Mousa Abu Zeid, 40, was abducted by the soldiers at the al-Karama Border Terminal with Jordan, while he was returning from visiting with family members living in Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, dozens of soldiers and colonists invaded Kifl Hares, north of Salfit, and visited some archeological sites, after the soldiers closed the entire area.
Soldiers and colonists also invaded the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, after storming it from thee al-Magharba Gate, and conducted provocative tours, after forcing many Palestinians out of the holy site.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday night stormed Kifl Hares town, north of Salfit in the West Bank, and spread through its streets to secure the entry of Jewish settlers for rituals.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers closed all entrances to the town, deployed barriers on its streets and declared through loudspeakers a night-time curfew.
They added that scores of Jewish settlers aboard buses kept flocking to the Islamic shrines in the town from 10 o’clock at night to an early hour at dawn Monday, pointing out that rabbis were also among them.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers closed all entrances to the town, deployed barriers on its streets and declared through loudspeakers a night-time curfew.
They added that scores of Jewish settlers aboard buses kept flocking to the Islamic shrines in the town from 10 o’clock at night to an early hour at dawn Monday, pointing out that rabbis were also among them.
17 dec 2017
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday evening stormed residential neighborhoods in the West Bank provinces of al-Khalil and Salfit, triggering tension in the area.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli troops stormed al-Khalil’s Abu Esneineh neighborhood in a flock of military vehicles and ransacked civilian homes before they took photos of old buildings.
Israeli army troops also stormed Kifl Haris town, north of Salfit, paving the way for a projected break-in by Israeli settlers into Islamic shrines in the area.
The occupation soldiers sealed off the main entrance to the town with a flying checkpoint in anticipation of the break-in.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli troops stormed al-Khalil’s Abu Esneineh neighborhood in a flock of military vehicles and ransacked civilian homes before they took photos of old buildings.
Israeli army troops also stormed Kifl Haris town, north of Salfit, paving the way for a projected break-in by Israeli settlers into Islamic shrines in the area.
The occupation soldiers sealed off the main entrance to the town with a flying checkpoint in anticipation of the break-in.
Groups of Jewish fanatic settlers of Kiryat Arba settlement on Sunday cut fruitful trees of almonds, olives and peaches in Palestinian lands near Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil.
The PIC reporter said that the land owners tried to confront the settlers and ban them from cutting their trees, but they had to retreat under threat of being shot right in their farms.
The trees that were attacked by extremist settlers are owned by Palestinian families of Adi, Awad, Ebraigheth and Abu Ayyash, the reporter pointed out.
The PIC reporter said that the land owners tried to confront the settlers and ban them from cutting their trees, but they had to retreat under threat of being shot right in their farms.
The trees that were attacked by extremist settlers are owned by Palestinian families of Adi, Awad, Ebraigheth and Abu Ayyash, the reporter pointed out.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed after midnight Sunday Halhul city, north of al-Khalil in the West Bank, to provide protection for scores of Jewish settlers who came aboard buses to perform rituals at Palestinian historical sites.
Local sources in Halhoul reported that three buses carrying a huge number of settlers arrived after midnight at the historical sites of Tabika and Mamas and performed rituals before withdrawing later at dawn.
The sources added that some local young men managed to shower the settlers’ buses with stones and empty bottles as they were traveling on a road near the main entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil.
Local sources in Halhoul reported that three buses carrying a huge number of settlers arrived after midnight at the historical sites of Tabika and Mamas and performed rituals before withdrawing later at dawn.
The sources added that some local young men managed to shower the settlers’ buses with stones and empty bottles as they were traveling on a road near the main entrance to Beit Ummar town, north of al-Khalil.
A group of extremist Israeli colonists, illegal living on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, uprooted more than approximately 500 Dunams of Palestinian lands, in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Israeli assailants came from the illegal Yitzhar colony, and uprooted 500 Dunams (123.5 Acres) in Masahel area, in ‘Orif.
The lands are privately owned by many Palestinian families, including al-Asmar, Dar Khalil and Dar Jaber.
It is part of ongoing assaults targeting the Palestinians and their lands in several parts of the West Bank.
Such attacks include uprooting farmlands and orchards, burning them, especially olive trees, in addition to flooding them with sewage.
The Israeli assailants came from the illegal Yitzhar colony, and uprooted 500 Dunams (123.5 Acres) in Masahel area, in ‘Orif.
The lands are privately owned by many Palestinian families, including al-Asmar, Dar Khalil and Dar Jaber.
It is part of ongoing assaults targeting the Palestinians and their lands in several parts of the West Bank.
Such attacks include uprooting farmlands and orchards, burning them, especially olive trees, in addition to flooding them with sewage.
16 dec 2017
Extremist Jewish settlers on Saturday attacked a Palestinian family right in their home in al-Khalil and assaulted the owner of the house. As a result, he was taken to hospital for treatment.
The PIC reporter said that the attacking settlers came from Kiryat Arba settlement which was illegally established in Palestinian lands in al-Khalil.
They stormed al-Ibrahimi Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals there before attacking the Palestinian family in Jaber neighborhood east of the holy site.
The settlers claimed that the attack was in retaliation to the throwing of a stone at the settlers by a Palestinian child, the PIC reporter added.
He pointed out that the settlers assaulted the owner of the house, Shaban Jaber, who is an elderly man aged over 76 years old. The settlers hit him by rifle butts and their feet until he fainted.
The PIC reporter said that the attacking settlers came from Kiryat Arba settlement which was illegally established in Palestinian lands in al-Khalil.
They stormed al-Ibrahimi Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals there before attacking the Palestinian family in Jaber neighborhood east of the holy site.
The settlers claimed that the attack was in retaliation to the throwing of a stone at the settlers by a Palestinian child, the PIC reporter added.
He pointed out that the settlers assaulted the owner of the house, Shaban Jaber, who is an elderly man aged over 76 years old. The settlers hit him by rifle butts and their feet until he fainted.
14 dec 2017
Jewish settlers who were evicted last February from the illegal West Bank outpost of Amona because it was established on privately owned land are now being moved to mobile homes on a land that was previously expropriated from individual Palestinian owners for public use.
According to Haaretz website, the plot of land is situated near the West Bank settlement of Ofra.
However, Haaretz has learned that no public buildings have ever been constructed on this land, although it was seized by the Israeli authorities for public use.
Some of the trailer homes were installed several weeks before Amona was forcibly evacuated, but Amona’s evacuees said then they would not live in them, so work on installing the trailers there was halted at the time.
The evacuation of Amona last February, the largest unauthorized Jewish outpost in the West Bank, came after a prolonged legal and political fight. Israel’s high court of justice had ordered and delayed its evacuation several times.
Recently, work on installing more than 10 trailers resumed at the site, which is adjacent to the Givat Zvi neighborhood of Ofra, north of Occupied Jerusalem.
Settlers said the trailers will later be relocated again to the settlement of Amihai, which is being developed for the former Amona residents, once infrastructure there is finished.
The Israeli army’s civil administration in the West Bank halted work at Givat Zvi after residents of Amona refused to relocate to the trailer homes there, and visitors in recent months to the site, which is only several hundred meters from where Amona stood, found it empty and abandoned.
Infrastructure for four additional trailers had been put in place, but the mobile homes themselves were never installed.
Now, however, the Mateh Binyamin regional council, the local government in the area, has resumed work on this seized Palestinian land, and this week workmen were seen again at the site, where several additional trailers have now been installed.
Maps belonging to the civil administration indicate that some of the trailers have indeed been placed on land that had been expropriated for public purposes but no public buildings have ever been built there.
In addition, trailer homes that were installed there were placed without permits of any kind.
According to Haaretz website, the plot of land is situated near the West Bank settlement of Ofra.
However, Haaretz has learned that no public buildings have ever been constructed on this land, although it was seized by the Israeli authorities for public use.
Some of the trailer homes were installed several weeks before Amona was forcibly evacuated, but Amona’s evacuees said then they would not live in them, so work on installing the trailers there was halted at the time.
The evacuation of Amona last February, the largest unauthorized Jewish outpost in the West Bank, came after a prolonged legal and political fight. Israel’s high court of justice had ordered and delayed its evacuation several times.
Recently, work on installing more than 10 trailers resumed at the site, which is adjacent to the Givat Zvi neighborhood of Ofra, north of Occupied Jerusalem.
Settlers said the trailers will later be relocated again to the settlement of Amihai, which is being developed for the former Amona residents, once infrastructure there is finished.
The Israeli army’s civil administration in the West Bank halted work at Givat Zvi after residents of Amona refused to relocate to the trailer homes there, and visitors in recent months to the site, which is only several hundred meters from where Amona stood, found it empty and abandoned.
Infrastructure for four additional trailers had been put in place, but the mobile homes themselves were never installed.
Now, however, the Mateh Binyamin regional council, the local government in the area, has resumed work on this seized Palestinian land, and this week workmen were seen again at the site, where several additional trailers have now been installed.
Maps belonging to the civil administration indicate that some of the trailers have indeed been placed on land that had been expropriated for public purposes but no public buildings have ever been built there.
In addition, trailer homes that were installed there were placed without permits of any kind.
Dozens of Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli police forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, according to a statement by Firas al-Dibis, a Palestinian official with Jerusalem’s Islamic Waqf.
233 settlers broke into the complex into three groups via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh Gate where they perform Talmudic rituals in the mosque’s courtyard.
Israeli police forces intensified their presence since the early morning hours throughout the holy site to provide protection to the settlers, the sourced added.
The Palestinian official said more settler incursions are expected into the holy site during the eight-day Jewish Hanukkah holiday, which began on Wednesday and runs till Dec. 20.
More than 24, 000 settlers broke into the site since the beginning of the year.
In late 2015, repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Jewish settlers and Israeli security personnel sparked a months-long Intifada.
233 settlers broke into the complex into three groups via the Israeli-controlled al-Magharibeh Gate where they perform Talmudic rituals in the mosque’s courtyard.
Israeli police forces intensified their presence since the early morning hours throughout the holy site to provide protection to the settlers, the sourced added.
The Palestinian official said more settler incursions are expected into the holy site during the eight-day Jewish Hanukkah holiday, which began on Wednesday and runs till Dec. 20.
More than 24, 000 settlers broke into the site since the beginning of the year.
In late 2015, repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Jewish settlers and Israeli security personnel sparked a months-long Intifada.
13 dec 2017
Israeli police on Wednesday morning searched Muslim worshipers while passing through the gates of al-Aqsa Mosque and confiscated the IDs of some of them.
This came in coincidence with the incursion of 75 settlers into the plazas of the holy site. The settlers entered the Mosque from al-Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli police.
Israeli police allow settlers to tour the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning round for four hours and in the evening round for one hour on a daily basis except for Fridays and Saturdays.
This came in coincidence with the incursion of 75 settlers into the plazas of the holy site. The settlers entered the Mosque from al-Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli police.
Israeli police allow settlers to tour the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque in the morning round for four hours and in the evening round for one hour on a daily basis except for Fridays and Saturdays.
12 dec 2017
Jewish extremist Yinon Reuveni, convicted of setting fire to the Benedictine church, sentenced to 4 years in prison, 2 years of probation and ordered to pay NIS 50,000 in damages; lawyers says plans to appeal punishment and conviction.
Jewish extremist Yinon Reuveni was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday after having been convicted of arson for setting fire to the Church of Loaves and Fishes, which is located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
Reuveni was also given two years of probation and ordered to pay NIS 50,000 in damages.
His lawyer, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said he intends to appeal both the punishment and the conviction.
Ben-Gvir argued his client cannot pay damages, as he is being held as a Jewish security prisoner and not allowed to leave his cell, not even to work. Judge Georges Azoulay, however, rejected that claim.
The Church of Loaves and Fishes, which is run by the Order of Saint Benedict, is considered one of the most important churches in Israel. Christians believe the church is built on the site where Jesus performed the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes. It is a traditional site of pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
In June 2015, Reuveni and several others torched the church, causing extensive damage to two rooms and the structure's exterior. Firefighters called to the scene managed to extinguish the flames just in time to avert what could have been far more damaging as they burned just meters away from the main hall of the church itself and its wooden ceiling.
In addition to the fire, Reuveni also defaced the limestone wall with red paint denouncing the worship of idols.
Two people, a young female pilgrim and a 70-year-old man, were wounded in the blaze from smoke inhalation.
The arson led to widespread condemnation in Israel and abroad, with religious leaders of all faiths and denominations coming to Tabgha to show their support to the monks and to protest the arson.
A security video showed a Subaru vehicle near the church at the time of the arson. The same vehicle was also spotted in a gas station's security cameras in the Latrun area, with Reuveni seen filling a bottle with gasoline. The bottle was later found at the scene. Police investigators also found gloves some five kilometers away from the church with Reuveni's DNA on them.
Another defendant, Yehuda Asraf, 21, the owner of the car, was acquitted in June of charges of conspiring to commit a crime and aiding and abetting.
The Shin Bet said Reuveni and his friends belong to an ideological group seeking to "change the government and bring closer the redemption," among others things by targeting Christian sites across Israel.
Jewish extremist Yinon Reuveni was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday after having been convicted of arson for setting fire to the Church of Loaves and Fishes, which is located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
Reuveni was also given two years of probation and ordered to pay NIS 50,000 in damages.
His lawyer, Itamar Ben-Gvir, said he intends to appeal both the punishment and the conviction.
Ben-Gvir argued his client cannot pay damages, as he is being held as a Jewish security prisoner and not allowed to leave his cell, not even to work. Judge Georges Azoulay, however, rejected that claim.
The Church of Loaves and Fishes, which is run by the Order of Saint Benedict, is considered one of the most important churches in Israel. Christians believe the church is built on the site where Jesus performed the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes. It is a traditional site of pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
In June 2015, Reuveni and several others torched the church, causing extensive damage to two rooms and the structure's exterior. Firefighters called to the scene managed to extinguish the flames just in time to avert what could have been far more damaging as they burned just meters away from the main hall of the church itself and its wooden ceiling.
In addition to the fire, Reuveni also defaced the limestone wall with red paint denouncing the worship of idols.
Two people, a young female pilgrim and a 70-year-old man, were wounded in the blaze from smoke inhalation.
The arson led to widespread condemnation in Israel and abroad, with religious leaders of all faiths and denominations coming to Tabgha to show their support to the monks and to protest the arson.
A security video showed a Subaru vehicle near the church at the time of the arson. The same vehicle was also spotted in a gas station's security cameras in the Latrun area, with Reuveni seen filling a bottle with gasoline. The bottle was later found at the scene. Police investigators also found gloves some five kilometers away from the church with Reuveni's DNA on them.
Another defendant, Yehuda Asraf, 21, the owner of the car, was acquitted in June of charges of conspiring to commit a crime and aiding and abetting.
The Shin Bet said Reuveni and his friends belong to an ideological group seeking to "change the government and bring closer the redemption," among others things by targeting Christian sites across Israel.
Over 49 Jewish settlers stormed the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning from al-Magharebah gate under the protection of Israeli police, according to Quds Press.
Quds Press said that the Jewish settlers received explanations on the alleged Temple of Solomon during the incursion while escorted by Israeli Special Forces. They exited from al-Silsila gate and performed Talmudic rituals outside the holy shrine.
According to al-Quds Media Center, Israeli police arrested a Palestinian youth from Bab al-Majles (one of the gates of al-Aqsa Mosque) and transferred him to an investigation center in the Old City for unreleased reasons.
Quds Press said that the Jewish settlers received explanations on the alleged Temple of Solomon during the incursion while escorted by Israeli Special Forces. They exited from al-Silsila gate and performed Talmudic rituals outside the holy shrine.
According to al-Quds Media Center, Israeli police arrested a Palestinian youth from Bab al-Majles (one of the gates of al-Aqsa Mosque) and transferred him to an investigation center in the Old City for unreleased reasons.
11 dec 2017
Members of the so-called “Temple Mount” movement are publicly calling its followers to participate in wide scale mass raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque, on Sunday, after the US president Donald Trump announced occupied Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, followers and settlers were called to participate in mass rallies organized in Jerusalem, Sunday evening, in front of Al-Asbat gate. The aim of the rallies is to legitimize the entry of Israelis into the mosque via all gates and increase the hours of visits to the holy site.
Settlers and Israelis used to enter the compound via Moroccan gate, to which the Israeli occupation seized the keys after the 1967 war.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to a series of extremist storm-ins during morning hours and afternoon periods in an attempt to impose the temporal and spatial division plan of the mosque.
It is the third holiest site in Islam and also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, alleged to be the original site of Solomon’s Temple. Disputes surrounding visitation to the site have historically flared tensions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided — despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department — to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers — usually protected by Israeli security forces — while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
Christians outside of the Levant remain divided on the issue, as biblical end times prophecy states: “I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” ~Revelation 21:22
However, settler attacks on Christian holy sites have been progressive, over recent years.
According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, followers and settlers were called to participate in mass rallies organized in Jerusalem, Sunday evening, in front of Al-Asbat gate. The aim of the rallies is to legitimize the entry of Israelis into the mosque via all gates and increase the hours of visits to the holy site.
Settlers and Israelis used to enter the compound via Moroccan gate, to which the Israeli occupation seized the keys after the 1967 war.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to a series of extremist storm-ins during morning hours and afternoon periods in an attempt to impose the temporal and spatial division plan of the mosque.
It is the third holiest site in Islam and also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, alleged to be the original site of Solomon’s Temple. Disputes surrounding visitation to the site have historically flared tensions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided — despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department — to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers — usually protected by Israeli security forces — while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
Christians outside of the Levant remain divided on the issue, as biblical end times prophecy states: “I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” ~Revelation 21:22
However, settler attacks on Christian holy sites have been progressive, over recent years.
10 dec 2017
Dozens of Israeli settlers and policemen broke into Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—on Sunday morning, just a couple of days after Trump had declared the city as Israel’s capital.
Sources at the Islamic Aqwaf Department said at least 64 Israeli settlers, escorted by heavily-armed police officers, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate and defiled its plazas.
At the same time, the Israeli settlers attended sermons on the counterfeit history of Israel’s alleged temple mount.
At least 12 Israeli soldiers showed up at the site as part of the morning break-in shift.
Israel’s alleged temple mount organizations intensified calls for violent rallies outside al-Aqsa’s gate of al-Asbat on Sunday to push for unblocking the entrance gates to the site for longer time spans before Israeli settlers.
According to observers, Trump’s Wednesday declaration of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will bring about a dramatic rise in the rate of settler break-ins at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque and, hence, fuel tension across the city.
Sources at the Islamic Aqwaf Department said at least 64 Israeli settlers, escorted by heavily-armed police officers, broke into al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate and defiled its plazas.
At the same time, the Israeli settlers attended sermons on the counterfeit history of Israel’s alleged temple mount.
At least 12 Israeli soldiers showed up at the site as part of the morning break-in shift.
Israel’s alleged temple mount organizations intensified calls for violent rallies outside al-Aqsa’s gate of al-Asbat on Sunday to push for unblocking the entrance gates to the site for longer time spans before Israeli settlers.
According to observers, Trump’s Wednesday declaration of Occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will bring about a dramatic rise in the rate of settler break-ins at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque and, hence, fuel tension across the city.
7 dec 2017
Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed on Thursday morning the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem amid Israeli police tightened security measures.
According to Islamic Endowments Department, 32 settlers broke into the holy shrine in the morning shift from the Israeli-controlled al-Magharebah gate and roamed its courtyards while receiving explanations on the alleged Temple of Solomon.
The settlers also performed Talmudic rituals during their tours, the sources added.
Meanwhile, Israeli police confiscated Palestinian worshipers’ identity cards before having access into the Mosque, restricting their entry into the site.
According to Islamic Endowments Department, 32 settlers broke into the holy shrine in the morning shift from the Israeli-controlled al-Magharebah gate and roamed its courtyards while receiving explanations on the alleged Temple of Solomon.
The settlers also performed Talmudic rituals during their tours, the sources added.
Meanwhile, Israeli police confiscated Palestinian worshipers’ identity cards before having access into the Mosque, restricting their entry into the site.