Israel uses Eid to push forward al-Aqsa takeover

The Electronic Intifada

Israeli police injured dozens of Palestinians praying at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Sunday, the first day of Eid al-Adha or Feast of the Sacrifice.

The Muslim holiday this year coincides with the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av, which in Jewish belief commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. 

The Islamic Waqf – the body responsible for Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem – announced on Friday that only the al-Aqsa mosque would open its doors for prayers in Jerusalem on the first day of the holiday.

Israel initially closed the al-Aqsa mosque compound, which Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call al-Haram al-Sharif, for Jewish worshippers on Sunday, as is the norm, to avoid clashes with Muslim worshippers.

Israel regularly imposes tight closures on all Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip for days during Jewish holidays.

Israel then reversed its decision, allowing more than 1,700 Jewish Israelis to enter the compound under the protection of occupation forces:

https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1160542418099417088

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Israel fired tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian worshippers in the compound.

This video shows Israeli forces firing rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians:

https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1160489353845583873

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One thought on “Israel uses Eid to push forward al-Aqsa takeover

  1. THE “THIRD TEMPLE” IS ALREADY HERE YOU JEWISH FREAKS!!!!!
    IT SITS RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSES……………..

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