AhlulBayt News Agency: Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied al-Quds on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon.
According to al-Qastal News website, at least 142 settlers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police guard.
Some of those settlers reportedly performed Talmudic prayers, especially in the eastern area of the Mosque.
Since 2003, the Israeli occupation authority has been allowing Jewish settlers to defile the Islamic holy site almost on a daily basis except on Fridays and Saturdays.
Recently, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a leader in the Israeli far-right Otzma Yehudit party and who will be Israel's national security minister in the upcoming government, has vowed to change the status quo at the Aqsa Mosque.
Speaking to a Hebrew radio station last week, Ben-Gvir responded to a direct question on whether he would allow Jews to pray overtly at the Aqsa Mosque by saying that he would do everything to prevent what he called “racist policies.”
The Islamic Awqaf Administration in Occupied al-Quds has always described the settlers’ presence in the Mosque’s courtyards as “provocative” and “a violation of the holy site’s Islamic sanctity.”
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According to al-Qastal News website, at least 142 settlers entered the Mosque in groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under police guard.
Some of those settlers reportedly performed Talmudic prayers, especially in the eastern area of the Mosque.
Since 2003, the Israeli occupation authority has been allowing Jewish settlers to defile the Islamic holy site almost on a daily basis except on Fridays and Saturdays.
Recently, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a leader in the Israeli far-right Otzma Yehudit party and who will be Israel's national security minister in the upcoming government, has vowed to change the status quo at the Aqsa Mosque.
Speaking to a Hebrew radio station last week, Ben-Gvir responded to a direct question on whether he would allow Jews to pray overtly at the Aqsa Mosque by saying that he would do everything to prevent what he called “racist policies.”
The Islamic Awqaf Administration in Occupied al-Quds has always described the settlers’ presence in the Mosque’s courtyards as “provocative” and “a violation of the holy site’s Islamic sanctity.”
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