(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Dozens of Jewish settlers broke into the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning under heavy Israeli police escort.
The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said in a press release that more than 70 settlers led by rabbi Yehudah Glick, who is one of the most fanatic Jewish rabbis calling for destroying the Aqsa Mosque and building the temple on its ruins, entered the Aqsa via the Maghareba gate.
It said that the settlers entered the Mosque in groups and tried to offer Talmudic rituals but were confronted by the Aqsa guards.
AFEH said that Yehudah Glick, who is the chairman of the so-called Temple Mount Heritage Fund, was denied permission to enter the Aqsa Mosque two weeks ago.
It added, however, that Jerusalem District Police Chief Yossi Pariente informed him that he would be allowed to return to the holy site in Jerusalem's Old City.
Jewish organizations calling for the building of the temple had urged its followers to break into the Aqsa Mosque on November 28th on the occasion of the Festival of Lights.
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