AhlulBayt News Agency - Israeli fanatic groups called for stepping up mass break-ins at Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of the Jewish Passover holiday, at the same time as dozens of Israeli vandals stormed the holy site on Tuesday morning.
Reporting from Occupied Jerusalem, a Palestine news correspondent said 42 Israeli fanatic settlers, escorted by police and army troops, broke into the holy al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate at the early morning hours.
Earlier, on Monday, the Israeli occupation police banned four peaceful Muslim worshipers from Occupied Jerusalem for 15 days on account of their involvement in anti-occupation activities.
29 alleged temple mount organizations also launched a media campaign calling for mass break-ins at al-Aqsa from April 24 to April 28 to mark the Jewish Passover holiday.
The groups further called Israeli fanatics to join drillings for Passover rituals and a series of Judaization rallies to mark the ceremony.
A snapshot circulated on social media network also appeared to replace the Dome of the Rock and the Islamic Crescent with the Israeli flag and the Star of David.
Meanwhile, members of the al-Aqsa supervision staff thwarted a break-in at al-Aqsa by two disguised Israeli fanatics.
Along the same line, Jordan on Tuesday submitted a letter of protest to Israeli embassy in Amman, condemning repeated Israeli raids into al-Aqsa Mosque.
Jordan strongly protested the break-ins led by zealous rabbi Yehuda Glick of the ruling Likud party, and urged Israel, as the occupation power, to stop such provocations.
State Minister for Media Affairs, official government spokesman, Mohammad Momani, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs, through its close monitoring of the Israeli violations of al-Aqsa Mosque, which it considers a red line, today lodged an official protest with the Israeli embassy in Amman.
The memo, he said, held Israel, the power of occupation, fully responsible for the safety of al-Aqsa Mosque, and reiterated Jordan's condemnation and rejection of recurrent raids by Glick, an extremist Israeli rabbi who campaigns for expanding Jewish access to the Mosque compound.
He said the protest note also expressed rejection of any attempt to change the status quo at the holy compound or undermine the historic Hashemite custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem, demanding a halt to such provocations that took place amidst efforts to calm tensions in the holy city.
The memo urged Israel to carry out its obligations towards the holy sites under the international law and the Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty.
Momani said the foreign and Awqaf (religious affairs) ministries were monitoring the situation at al-Aqsa Mosque, adding that Jordan would pursue its efforts through diplomacy and legal means to deter Israel and bring the breaches to a stop.
He urged the international community and the world’s organizations to help in this endeavor.
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