16 sept 2015
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Israeli police, on Wednesday, assaulted two Islamic Waqf guards and a number of women, with their clubs, at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, according to local sources.
Omar Keswani, director of al-Aqsa Mosque, said the police assaulted the guards and women while they were attempting to confront Jewish fanatics who broke into the Mosque to perform rituals there. The guards were transferred to hospital for medical treatment, according to WAFA. Earlier the day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to consider more stringent measures against Palestinians rock-throwers who protest against Jewish entry to al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. According to Israeli media, Netanyahu stressed during a Wednesday meeting, in his office, that Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque, but he will not allow what he described as “rioters” to prevent Jews from visiting the site. This came after a three-day round of violent clashes which took place at the Islamic site, prompted by calls from Jewish fanatics to organize large-scale Jewish visits there to mark to beginning of the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah. On Tuesday, Israeli police attempted to storm al-Qibili Mosque in the compound and damaged its historical doors in order to detain Palestinian worshippers barricading themselves inside. Israel has been enforcing a unilateral temporal division on the mosque during the past few weeks, a measure that was widely condemned and rejected, particularly by Jordan, which is responsible for Jerusalem's holy sites in line with a 1994 peace treaty with Israel. The Israeli ongoing attacks on the mosque were also denounced by the US, UN, and EU. |
The Security Council of the United Nations have discussed an Arab draft statement on the recent developments at Al Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings, at a time when the European Parliament considers the escalation on Palestinian holy sites "unacceptable".
According to Al Ray, the draft statement, submitted by Jordan, reflects concern over the developments in occupied East Jerusalem and, especially, the recent series of provocations and incitement to Al Aqsa Mosque.
The statement called on the Security Council and all parties to stop all the acts of violence and incitement and fully respect international law.
The statement also appealed to the Security Council restoration of calm and called for the full respect of the sanctity of this holy place, and let all Muslim worshipers enter the mosque peacefully and quietly, away from violence, threats and provocations.
Israeli occupation forces continued to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid the outbreak of violent clashes between worshipers and the storming forces, where dozens of Palestinians injured, along with five members of the Israeli police.
According to Al Ray, the draft statement, submitted by Jordan, reflects concern over the developments in occupied East Jerusalem and, especially, the recent series of provocations and incitement to Al Aqsa Mosque.
The statement called on the Security Council and all parties to stop all the acts of violence and incitement and fully respect international law.
The statement also appealed to the Security Council restoration of calm and called for the full respect of the sanctity of this holy place, and let all Muslim worshipers enter the mosque peacefully and quietly, away from violence, threats and provocations.
Israeli occupation forces continued to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, amid the outbreak of violent clashes between worshipers and the storming forces, where dozens of Palestinians injured, along with five members of the Israeli police.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu visited Wednesday morning Sur Baher neighborhood adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque amid heavy police protection in total provocation to Muslims’ feelings.
Hundreds of local youths gathered throughout Sur Baher neighborhood in an attempt to prevent Netanyahu’s visit to the area in light of the Israeli ongoing escalation in the occupied city.
Sheikh Omar Kiswani, the director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, said that Netanyahu’s visit is a serious escalation that reflects the Israeli government’s extremism and arrogance.
He pointed out that Al-Aqsa Mosque has been witnessing over the past four days violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police who tries to ban Muslims worshipers’ access into the Mosque while facilitating it for Israeli settlers.
He called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem to revolt in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hundreds of local youths gathered throughout Sur Baher neighborhood in an attempt to prevent Netanyahu’s visit to the area in light of the Israeli ongoing escalation in the occupied city.
Sheikh Omar Kiswani, the director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, said that Netanyahu’s visit is a serious escalation that reflects the Israeli government’s extremism and arrogance.
He pointed out that Al-Aqsa Mosque has been witnessing over the past four days violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police who tries to ban Muslims worshipers’ access into the Mosque while facilitating it for Israeli settlers.
He called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem to revolt in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia Atallah Hanna visited Wednesday morning the Jerusalemite youths who were injured over the past three days while trying to prevent Israeli settlers and forces’ break-ins into al-Aqsa mosque.
During a press conference held shortly after his visit to Makassed Hospital, Archbishop Hanna denounced Israeli escalated attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and sit-inners.
He stressed the urgent need for a real action in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque and holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Christians in occupied Jerusalem express total rejection of the Israeli escalation in the city against Muslims’ holy shrines, he said.
Israel’s escalation, according to him, could only strengthen "our steadfastness, determination, and rejection to its unfair practices".
"We, as Christians, share the same pain and sorrow as our Muslim brothers in occupied Jerusalem", he continued. “Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main issue for all the Palestinian people, Christians and Muslims.”
He concluded by hailing the heroic steadfastness of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
During a press conference held shortly after his visit to Makassed Hospital, Archbishop Hanna denounced Israeli escalated attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and sit-inners.
He stressed the urgent need for a real action in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque and holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Christians in occupied Jerusalem express total rejection of the Israeli escalation in the city against Muslims’ holy shrines, he said.
Israel’s escalation, according to him, could only strengthen "our steadfastness, determination, and rejection to its unfair practices".
"We, as Christians, share the same pain and sorrow as our Muslim brothers in occupied Jerusalem", he continued. “Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main issue for all the Palestinian people, Christians and Muslims.”
He concluded by hailing the heroic steadfastness of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hundreds of Jewish settlers escorted by soldiers on Tuesday night desecrated the courtyards of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city and committed provocative acts against the Muslims.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) scores of settlers rallied in the external courtyards of the Mosque, which had been recently closed to Muslims by the Israeli army at the pretext of celebrating Jewish occasions.
The sources added that the settlers deliberately made noisy sounds and loudly chanted racist slurs against the Arabs while performing dances.
The Israeli occupation army prevented yesterday the Palestinians from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque for the second day at the pretext of Jewish celebrations.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) scores of settlers rallied in the external courtyards of the Mosque, which had been recently closed to Muslims by the Israeli army at the pretext of celebrating Jewish occasions.
The sources added that the settlers deliberately made noisy sounds and loudly chanted racist slurs against the Arabs while performing dances.
The Israeli occupation army prevented yesterday the Palestinians from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque for the second day at the pretext of Jewish celebrations.
Violent clashes broke out Tuesday between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers in Tulkarem city during a march in support of the Aqsa Mosque.
The protesters marched through the streets of Tulkarem chanting slogans in solidarity with the Aqsa Mosque and against the Israeli occupation.
Local sources said the clashes started at a checkpoint west of the city, where Israeli soldiers intensively fired tear gas and stun grenades at the protesters.
One young man suffered a bullet injury in the leg and many others suffered from inhaling tear gas, according to medical sources.
The Israeli occupation police forces on Tuesday stormed for the third consecutive day the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards and violently attacked the Muslim worshipers there in order to secure the entry of Jewish settlers in groups to mark the Jewish new year.
The protesters marched through the streets of Tulkarem chanting slogans in solidarity with the Aqsa Mosque and against the Israeli occupation.
Local sources said the clashes started at a checkpoint west of the city, where Israeli soldiers intensively fired tear gas and stun grenades at the protesters.
One young man suffered a bullet injury in the leg and many others suffered from inhaling tear gas, according to medical sources.
The Israeli occupation police forces on Tuesday stormed for the third consecutive day the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards and violently attacked the Muslim worshipers there in order to secure the entry of Jewish settlers in groups to mark the Jewish new year.
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Head of the political bureau of Hamas Khaled Mishaal denounced on Tuesday the mounting Israeli attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Reaching the Emir of Qatar by phone, Mishaal briefed him on the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories in light of the dangerous Israeli escalation in Occupied Jerusalem, break-ins of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli fanatics, and assaults on the nonviolent worshipers.
Mishaal appealed to the Emir to work with the international community on taking urgent and effective measures to protect the Palestinian people and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Emir, in turn, strongly denounced the Israeli aggression, acts of provocation in Occupied Jerusalem, and the attempt to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing Qatar's support for the brotherly Palestinian people in facing such aggression.
Mishaal extended thanks to the State of Qatar's leadership and people for its firm position in support for the Palestinian people and their just cause.
Reaching the Emir of Qatar by phone, Mishaal briefed him on the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories in light of the dangerous Israeli escalation in Occupied Jerusalem, break-ins of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli fanatics, and assaults on the nonviolent worshipers.
Mishaal appealed to the Emir to work with the international community on taking urgent and effective measures to protect the Palestinian people and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Emir, in turn, strongly denounced the Israeli aggression, acts of provocation in Occupied Jerusalem, and the attempt to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing Qatar's support for the brotherly Palestinian people in facing such aggression.
Mishaal extended thanks to the State of Qatar's leadership and people for its firm position in support for the Palestinian people and their just cause.
Member of Hamas's political bureau Khalil al-Hayya has warned the Israeli occupation that its days of revelry in Occupied Jerusalem are limited and its presence will not last long.
"You will be crushed and expelled from there," Hayya stated during a massive rally in support of the Aqsa Mosque in Gaza on Tuesday evening.
The Hamas official urged the Palestinians abroad to encircle Israeli embassies in their countries of residence with massive rallies in solidarity with Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
He also called on the West Bank people to rise up in the face of the Israelis and burn the ground under their feet in support of the Mosque.
"You will be crushed and expelled from there," Hayya stated during a massive rally in support of the Aqsa Mosque in Gaza on Tuesday evening.
The Hamas official urged the Palestinians abroad to encircle Israeli embassies in their countries of residence with massive rallies in solidarity with Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
He also called on the West Bank people to rise up in the face of the Israelis and burn the ground under their feet in support of the Mosque.
Vidar, the Turkish Assembly of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, organized on Tuesday a sit-in in the courtyard of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosque in Istanbul in solidarity with the Aqsa Mosque and its Palestinian defenders.
Religious figures from the Palestinian Scholars Association abroad, the Sunna Scholars Association and the International Union of Muslim scholars as well as Arab and Turkish citizens participated in the solidarity event.
The participants chanted slogans calling for defending the Aqsa Mosque against Israel's ferocious attacks, and carried banners condemning the Israeli attempts to Judaize it.
Religious figures from the Palestinian Scholars Association abroad, the Sunna Scholars Association and the International Union of Muslim scholars as well as Arab and Turkish citizens participated in the solidarity event.
The participants chanted slogans calling for defending the Aqsa Mosque against Israel's ferocious attacks, and carried banners condemning the Israeli attempts to Judaize it.
A consortium of pro-Palestine groups in Jordan announced Friday a day of national anger in protest at Israeli attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and the peaceful Muslim sit-inners.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan announced its intent to stage a mass-rally in coordination with a number of youth and civil groups in the capital Amman following Friday prayers.
The Islamic Action Front, Jordan’s largest and most popular opposition party, said a national forum is set to be held Wednesday to support al-Aqsa.
Meanwhile, Jordanian youth activists reportedly rallied in front of the headquarters of the Israeli embassy in Amman Tuesday afternoon to voice their firm rebuff of Israel’s preplanned terrorism against al-Aqsa and Islamic holy places of worship.
A handful of other anti-occupation groups said a round of marches are set to kick off Friday in front of the mosques of Jordan’s northern metropolitan city of Irbid.
Over recent days, the Israeli occupation has stepped up vandalism against Muslims’ al-Aqsa and Occupied Jerusalem in what observers branded a barefaced attempt to divide the Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—both spatially and temporally between Muslims and Jews.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan announced its intent to stage a mass-rally in coordination with a number of youth and civil groups in the capital Amman following Friday prayers.
The Islamic Action Front, Jordan’s largest and most popular opposition party, said a national forum is set to be held Wednesday to support al-Aqsa.
Meanwhile, Jordanian youth activists reportedly rallied in front of the headquarters of the Israeli embassy in Amman Tuesday afternoon to voice their firm rebuff of Israel’s preplanned terrorism against al-Aqsa and Islamic holy places of worship.
A handful of other anti-occupation groups said a round of marches are set to kick off Friday in front of the mosques of Jordan’s northern metropolitan city of Irbid.
Over recent days, the Israeli occupation has stepped up vandalism against Muslims’ al-Aqsa and Occupied Jerusalem in what observers branded a barefaced attempt to divide the Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—both spatially and temporally between Muslims and Jews.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt called Tuesday for mass-participation in rallies set to be held next Friday outside of the headquarters of Israel's embassies and its allies in response to the Israeli attacks on holy al-Aqsa Mosque and the non-violent Muslim worshipers.
The Muslim Brotherhood said in a Facebook statement the Israeli attacks on Muslims’ the al-Aqsa Mosque, its plazas, the Qibli place of worship, and the peaceful sit-inners are "horrendous crimes" that shall never go unnoticed.
The group called for mass-rallies outside of the headquarters of Israel’s embassies on Friday in protest at the Israeli assaults on holy al-Aqsa and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Muslim Brotherhood pushed for closing the Israeli embassies everywhere across the Arab world and to kick out occupation delegates without further delay.
Earlier in the day, Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque and vandalized its plazas before they cracked down on the unarmed Muslim sit-inners and worshipers.
The attacks come only a few days after Israel’s ill-famed war minister Moshe Yaalon designated sit-ins at the Mosque as “illegitimate.”
The Muslim Brotherhood said in a Facebook statement the Israeli attacks on Muslims’ the al-Aqsa Mosque, its plazas, the Qibli place of worship, and the peaceful sit-inners are "horrendous crimes" that shall never go unnoticed.
The group called for mass-rallies outside of the headquarters of Israel’s embassies on Friday in protest at the Israeli assaults on holy al-Aqsa and Occupied Jerusalem.
The Muslim Brotherhood pushed for closing the Israeli embassies everywhere across the Arab world and to kick out occupation delegates without further delay.
Earlier in the day, Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque and vandalized its plazas before they cracked down on the unarmed Muslim sit-inners and worshipers.
The attacks come only a few days after Israel’s ill-famed war minister Moshe Yaalon designated sit-ins at the Mosque as “illegitimate.”
The Jerusalem Forum in Kuwait on Tuesday slammed the Israeli occupation for the “barbaric crimes” committed against Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque and arson attacks on the Qibli Mosque.
The Jerusalem Forum in Kuwait dubbed the Israeli vandalism at al-Aqsa “a serious escalation and another chain in its crimes against al-Aqsa and holy Islamic places of worship".
According to a statement by the group, the fact that the al-Aqsa Mosque is being targeted by the Israeli occupation and its fanatic institutions has just become as evident as daylight.
Millions of dollars have been allocated and dozens of extremist organizations have been funded to that very end, the statement further read.
The forum also spoke out against the desecration break-ins at al-Aqsa and the ongoing assaults on the peaceful Muslim sit-inners and learners maintaining vigil in the plazas of the Mosque.
The statement pushed for mobilizing mass-support for al-Aqsa, urging the international community to break its silence and take up its duties as regards Israel’s sacrilegious plots at al-Aqsa.
The forum called on the Palestinian Authority to cease all forms of security coordination with the Israeli occupation and to support resistance.
The Jerusalem Forum in Kuwait dubbed the Israeli vandalism at al-Aqsa “a serious escalation and another chain in its crimes against al-Aqsa and holy Islamic places of worship".
According to a statement by the group, the fact that the al-Aqsa Mosque is being targeted by the Israeli occupation and its fanatic institutions has just become as evident as daylight.
Millions of dollars have been allocated and dozens of extremist organizations have been funded to that very end, the statement further read.
The forum also spoke out against the desecration break-ins at al-Aqsa and the ongoing assaults on the peaceful Muslim sit-inners and learners maintaining vigil in the plazas of the Mosque.
The statement pushed for mobilizing mass-support for al-Aqsa, urging the international community to break its silence and take up its duties as regards Israel’s sacrilegious plots at al-Aqsa.
The forum called on the Palestinian Authority to cease all forms of security coordination with the Israeli occupation and to support resistance.
15 sept 2015
The warnings come amidst the third day of clashes between security forces and Palestinian rioters at the holy site, leading to a wave of violence throughout the city.
The EU warned Tuesday against any “provocation” at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque compound as Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed for a third day.
“The reported violence and escalation (at the site) constitute a provocation and incitement ahead of important Jewish and Muslim holy days,” European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic told reporters in Brussels.
“It is crucial that all parties demonstrate calm and restraint and full respect for the status quo of the holy sites,” Kocijancic said. The 28-nation EU had recently “issued an appeal for full respect of the holy sites and said very clearly that any change of the status quo would have deeply destablizing effects,” she added.
The site is the third-holiest in Islam but also venerated by Jews as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Protesters fear Israel is seeking to change rules governing the site which allow Jews to visit but not pray, despite Israeli denials.
Jordan's Minister for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani demanded the Israeli government stop its "provocative acts" and raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the temple mount compound, and to cease its attacks on holy sites.
Momani, who is also the Jordanian government's spokesperson, stressed that Jordan will "continue efforts confronting all Israeli attempts and measures against Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem, and said the Kingdom will carry on with its mission to safeguard holy shrines in Jerusalem."
He continued to say that Jordan was examining all legal and diplomatic options were being reviewed in order to protect the holy sites from the "Israeli attacks."
The UN and US have urged restraint on both sides amid the latest clashes.
The EU warned Tuesday against any “provocation” at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque compound as Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed for a third day.
“The reported violence and escalation (at the site) constitute a provocation and incitement ahead of important Jewish and Muslim holy days,” European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic told reporters in Brussels.
“It is crucial that all parties demonstrate calm and restraint and full respect for the status quo of the holy sites,” Kocijancic said. The 28-nation EU had recently “issued an appeal for full respect of the holy sites and said very clearly that any change of the status quo would have deeply destablizing effects,” she added.
The site is the third-holiest in Islam but also venerated by Jews as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Protesters fear Israel is seeking to change rules governing the site which allow Jews to visit but not pray, despite Israeli denials.
Jordan's Minister for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani demanded the Israeli government stop its "provocative acts" and raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the temple mount compound, and to cease its attacks on holy sites.
Momani, who is also the Jordanian government's spokesperson, stressed that Jordan will "continue efforts confronting all Israeli attempts and measures against Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem, and said the Kingdom will carry on with its mission to safeguard holy shrines in Jerusalem."
He continued to say that Jordan was examining all legal and diplomatic options were being reviewed in order to protect the holy sites from the "Israeli attacks."
The UN and US have urged restraint on both sides amid the latest clashes.
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The director of paramedics in the Palestinian Red Crescent, Amin Abu Ghazaleh, said that 36 citizens were injured on Tuesday with wounds and bruises and suffocation cases due to sound grenades and rubber bullets during clashes that broke out outside the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Dr. Abu Ghazaleh explained that five injuries were wounds in the head and one was in the hand, and paramedics provided treatment for all the injured whether on field or in the Old City’s clinics. Fida’ Rweidi, photographer of Wadi Hilweh Information Center-Silwan, got injured by shrapnel of a sound grenade in her leg while she was monitoring and covering the events in Al-Wad Street in the Old City of Jerusalem. Nader Afaghani, head of Al-Aqsa Boys School, said that one student (10th grade) got injured with a rubber bullet in his head and had to have 10 stitches; the force also arrested a student from the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem. |
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Afaghani pointed out that the forces prevented the students from 1st grade until 12th from reaching their schools since the early morning.
The occupation forces targeted the students while they were in the streets of the Old City and near Al-Aqsa gates while trying to get to their schools. The education process in Al-Aqsa Girls School has been stable lately after restrictions and obstacles were previously imposed on the administrative and teaching staff; they were allowed to enter only through Al-Silsileh Gate after 8 a.m. this morning. In Dar Al-Aytam school, the Directorate of Education was forced to stop teaching after the second class and the students left the school after the occupation forces went on top of the roofs adjacent to the school and |
randomly fired grenades and rubber bullets in the area; note that Dar Al-Aytam school is located near Al-Majles Gate which witnessed the most violent clashes today.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the forces arrested three Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa gate and its courtyards, they are: Mo’men Tawil (16) from Beit Hanina, Ismaeel Tawil (20 from Dung Gate and the paramedic Ahmad Al-Razem (19).
In pictures: Arresting 11 Palestinians…A tight siege and clashes in Al-Aqsa and its surroundings
The occupation authorities arrested 11 Palestinians and injured others with rubber bullets, shrapnel of sound grenades and suffocation during clashes that broke out inside Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the area of Al-Silsileh Gate.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that dozes of occupation Special Forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque and targeted the people present in the courtyards with sound grenades and rubber bullets. Within moments, the forces raided Al-Qibali Mosque where the young men and worshippers were stationed, and stepped on the Mosque’s carpets with their shoes and heavily fired sound grenades. The forces then arrested several young men and transferred them to the detention centers through Dung Gate.
The siege on Al-Aqsa was from 7 a.m. and lasted until 11 a.m. which the settlers’ morning break-in session. On Monday, 38 settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate on occasion of the Jewish New Year. During the break-ins, the Special Forces closed the gates of Al-Qibali Mosque with iron bars and chains and sprayed pepper gas towards the young men inside the Mosque; they also assaulted the people in the courtyards and beat them.
Closure of Al-Aqsa
For the second consecutive day, the occupation authorities closed most of Al-Aqsa gates and established police checkpoints on the open gates (Hutta, Al-Silsileh and Al-Majles gates) and controlled the entrance of Muslim worshippers and prevented those under the age of 45 from entering.
Arresting 11 Palestinians
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested four young men from inside Al-Qibali Mosque and executed several other arrests at Al-Aqsa gates. They arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf, Naser Nofal, Ramzi Jo’beh, Mazen Halaweh, Malek Ghanem, Ibrahim Abu Rmeileh, Omar Wazwaz, Tamer Khalaf, Mohammad Abu Farha and Mahmoud Salim in addition to arresting the woman Madleine Issa.
The center was also informed that the forces assaulted and severely beat the detainees during the arrest and while transferring them to the detention centers.
Injuries
The 68-year old Ghaleb Hussein Darwish was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye and the center was informed by Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, that the forces targeted the elderly Darwish while he was at Al-Aqsa and injured his in his eye.
Abu Hummos added that Darwish was transferred to Shaare Zedek hospital for treatment and pointed that he is a freed prisoner that spent 12 years inside the occupation’s prisons.
Also, a group of young men suffocated while being inside Al-Qibali Mosque and surrounded by the Israeli forces that sprayed them with pepper gas; six young men were also injured with rubber bullets.
Assault on journalists
The press crews also got their share the occupation forces’ assault while doing their work at Al-Aqsa gates especially at Al-Silsileh Gate. The forces arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf after assaulting and injuring him with wounds in his head. The correspondent of Palestine TV, Christine Rinawi, was also injured with shrapnel of a sound grenade in her face near the eye. The forces also assaulted and severely beat the photographer of Al-Mayadeen TV and broke the “camera holder”. The forces handed the journalist Layali Eid, correspondent of Al-Quds News Network, a call for investigation.
Suppression at Al-Silsileh Gate
The occupation authorities suppressed the people stationed at Al-Silsileh gate with sound grenades, rubber bullets, beatings and pushing. They also established iron barriers in the road and the people explained that the forces brutally attacked them since the morning hours with tear gas and beat them.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the forces arrested three Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa gate and its courtyards, they are: Mo’men Tawil (16) from Beit Hanina, Ismaeel Tawil (20 from Dung Gate and the paramedic Ahmad Al-Razem (19).
In pictures: Arresting 11 Palestinians…A tight siege and clashes in Al-Aqsa and its surroundings
The occupation authorities arrested 11 Palestinians and injured others with rubber bullets, shrapnel of sound grenades and suffocation during clashes that broke out inside Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the area of Al-Silsileh Gate.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that dozes of occupation Special Forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque and targeted the people present in the courtyards with sound grenades and rubber bullets. Within moments, the forces raided Al-Qibali Mosque where the young men and worshippers were stationed, and stepped on the Mosque’s carpets with their shoes and heavily fired sound grenades. The forces then arrested several young men and transferred them to the detention centers through Dung Gate.
The siege on Al-Aqsa was from 7 a.m. and lasted until 11 a.m. which the settlers’ morning break-in session. On Monday, 38 settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate on occasion of the Jewish New Year. During the break-ins, the Special Forces closed the gates of Al-Qibali Mosque with iron bars and chains and sprayed pepper gas towards the young men inside the Mosque; they also assaulted the people in the courtyards and beat them.
Closure of Al-Aqsa
For the second consecutive day, the occupation authorities closed most of Al-Aqsa gates and established police checkpoints on the open gates (Hutta, Al-Silsileh and Al-Majles gates) and controlled the entrance of Muslim worshippers and prevented those under the age of 45 from entering.
Arresting 11 Palestinians
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces arrested four young men from inside Al-Qibali Mosque and executed several other arrests at Al-Aqsa gates. They arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf, Naser Nofal, Ramzi Jo’beh, Mazen Halaweh, Malek Ghanem, Ibrahim Abu Rmeileh, Omar Wazwaz, Tamer Khalaf, Mohammad Abu Farha and Mahmoud Salim in addition to arresting the woman Madleine Issa.
The center was also informed that the forces assaulted and severely beat the detainees during the arrest and while transferring them to the detention centers.
Injuries
The 68-year old Ghaleb Hussein Darwish was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye and the center was informed by Mohammad Abu Hummos, member of follow-up committee in the village of Esawyeh, that the forces targeted the elderly Darwish while he was at Al-Aqsa and injured his in his eye.
Abu Hummos added that Darwish was transferred to Shaare Zedek hospital for treatment and pointed that he is a freed prisoner that spent 12 years inside the occupation’s prisons.
Also, a group of young men suffocated while being inside Al-Qibali Mosque and surrounded by the Israeli forces that sprayed them with pepper gas; six young men were also injured with rubber bullets.
Assault on journalists
The press crews also got their share the occupation forces’ assault while doing their work at Al-Aqsa gates especially at Al-Silsileh Gate. The forces arrested the journalist photographer Mustafa Kharouf after assaulting and injuring him with wounds in his head. The correspondent of Palestine TV, Christine Rinawi, was also injured with shrapnel of a sound grenade in her face near the eye. The forces also assaulted and severely beat the photographer of Al-Mayadeen TV and broke the “camera holder”. The forces handed the journalist Layali Eid, correspondent of Al-Quds News Network, a call for investigation.
Suppression at Al-Silsileh Gate
The occupation authorities suppressed the people stationed at Al-Silsileh gate with sound grenades, rubber bullets, beatings and pushing. They also established iron barriers in the road and the people explained that the forces brutally attacked them since the morning hours with tear gas and beat them.
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, declared mobilization next Friday in support of the Aqsa Mosque. It aims at confronting the Israeli practices of spatial and temporal division of the Muslims’ holy site as well as at defending Palestinian sit-inners and al-Aqsa guards.
In a statement, Hamas called on the entire Palestinian people to participate in defending the Aqsa Mosque and Occupied Jerusalem against Israeli attacks and plans of spatial and temporal division of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Occupied Jerusalem has been witnessing, over the past few days, serious escalation in Israeli violations and incursions into the Aqsa Mosque within attempts to divide it temporally between Muslims and Jews.
Since then, violent clashes have been prevailing in the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque after Palestinian sit-inners and worshipers confronted Israeli repeated incursions.
In a statement, Hamas called on the entire Palestinian people to participate in defending the Aqsa Mosque and Occupied Jerusalem against Israeli attacks and plans of spatial and temporal division of the holy Aqsa Mosque.
Occupied Jerusalem has been witnessing, over the past few days, serious escalation in Israeli violations and incursions into the Aqsa Mosque within attempts to divide it temporally between Muslims and Jews.
Since then, violent clashes have been prevailing in the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque after Palestinian sit-inners and worshipers confronted Israeli repeated incursions.
Head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Mishaal reached Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the phone and discussed with him the Israeli escalation against the Aqsa Mosque.
According to Wafa Palestinian news agency, the phone call between Mishaal and Abbas was on the Israeli violations in Occupied Jerusalem especially at the Aqsa Mosque.
Other issues were also tackled including the reconciliation file and implementation of what have been agreed upon previously as the main way of ending division, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to Wafa Palestinian news agency, the phone call between Mishaal and Abbas was on the Israeli violations in Occupied Jerusalem especially at the Aqsa Mosque.
Other issues were also tackled including the reconciliation file and implementation of what have been agreed upon previously as the main way of ending division, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Israeli ongoing escalation in al-Aqsa Mosque is a “declaration of war,” a senior official from Hamas Movement said Tuesday, as Israeli occupation forces violently broke into Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque for the third day in a row and aggressively assaulted the peaceful Muslim sit-inners and worshipers.
“The Israeli escalation on al-Aqsa Mosque is a declaration of war,” said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, calling on the international community to rein in Israel “before the situation explodes.”
"The Palestinian people will never let this criminal Israeli scheme pass," Abu Zuhri said, referring to Israeli scheme to impose a spatio-temporal division on Muslims' holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hamas’s statement came as tension flared up for the third day in a row in the holy site after Israel’s minister of agriculture Uri Ariel and 50 Israeli fanatics stormed the Mosque under heavy police escort.
During the raid, the Qibli Mosque sustained serious damage after Israeli soldiers wreaked havoc on it, burned down its carpets, and ruined its historical windows, while dozens of worshipers and sit-inners were detained over the three past days including women and minors.
A number of worshipers were also injured when the police fired tear gas canisters, percussion bombs and rubber bullets during the Israeli police forces attempts to get the worshipers out of the mosque area in order to allow settlers to enter for prayers to mark their Jewish New Year holiday.
In this regard, the leadership body for Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails strongly condemned the Israeli ongoing and systematic attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque.
Such crimes against our holy sites need an urgent and tangible response, the statement said Tuesday.
Israel works at imposing a status quo in the area as a prelude for imposing a spatio-temporal division in al-Aqsa Mosque, the statement read.
The leadership body called on the Arab and Islamic Nation to support the Jerusalemite steadfastness in face of Israeli Judaization plots.
“The Israeli escalation on al-Aqsa Mosque is a declaration of war,” said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, calling on the international community to rein in Israel “before the situation explodes.”
"The Palestinian people will never let this criminal Israeli scheme pass," Abu Zuhri said, referring to Israeli scheme to impose a spatio-temporal division on Muslims' holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hamas’s statement came as tension flared up for the third day in a row in the holy site after Israel’s minister of agriculture Uri Ariel and 50 Israeli fanatics stormed the Mosque under heavy police escort.
During the raid, the Qibli Mosque sustained serious damage after Israeli soldiers wreaked havoc on it, burned down its carpets, and ruined its historical windows, while dozens of worshipers and sit-inners were detained over the three past days including women and minors.
A number of worshipers were also injured when the police fired tear gas canisters, percussion bombs and rubber bullets during the Israeli police forces attempts to get the worshipers out of the mosque area in order to allow settlers to enter for prayers to mark their Jewish New Year holiday.
In this regard, the leadership body for Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails strongly condemned the Israeli ongoing and systematic attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque.
Such crimes against our holy sites need an urgent and tangible response, the statement said Tuesday.
Israel works at imposing a status quo in the area as a prelude for imposing a spatio-temporal division in al-Aqsa Mosque, the statement read.
The leadership body called on the Arab and Islamic Nation to support the Jerusalemite steadfastness in face of Israeli Judaization plots.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Tuesday the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil (Hebron) to the south of the West Bank for the second day in a row under the pretext of Jewish holidays.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers were allowed to enter into the holy shrine and to perform their Talmudic rituals in total provocation to Muslim worshipers who remained out.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have earlier declared intention to close the mosque on the Jewish New Year.
The Ibrahimi mosque is regularly closed down by Israeli forces under the same pretext, but Israeli settlers are given full privilege to break into it under heavy military protection.
More than 20 years ago, the IOA divided the Ibrahimi Mosque after the well-known massacre against Palestinian worshipers inside the mosque in 1994. Since then, the IOF soldiers as well as settlers have been storming the holy site without deterrence.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers were allowed to enter into the holy shrine and to perform their Talmudic rituals in total provocation to Muslim worshipers who remained out.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have earlier declared intention to close the mosque on the Jewish New Year.
The Ibrahimi mosque is regularly closed down by Israeli forces under the same pretext, but Israeli settlers are given full privilege to break into it under heavy military protection.
More than 20 years ago, the IOA divided the Ibrahimi Mosque after the well-known massacre against Palestinian worshipers inside the mosque in 1994. Since then, the IOF soldiers as well as settlers have been storming the holy site without deterrence.
The Israeli occupation soldiers on early Tuesday morning broke into Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque for the third day in a row and smashed the entrance gates of the Qibli Mosque before they aggressively assaulted the peaceful Muslim sit-inners and worshipers.
A PIC news correspondent quoted a member of the Islamic Endowment personnel at al-Aqsa as reporting that the heavily-armed occupation soldiers smashed the gates of the Qibli Mosque in an attempt to nab the non-violent sit-inners who have been maintaining vigil in protest at Israeli vandalism at the Mosque.
“The Qibli Mosque sustained serious damage after Israelis wreaked havoc on it, burned down its carpets, and ruined its historical windows,” the official stated.
Meanwhile, a peaceful sit-inner at al-Aqsa said at least 20 Muslim worshipers sustained wounds after the Israeli occupation troops attacked them with heavy spates of tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
The Israeli occupation soldiers have also come down heavily on the Muslim congregation and supervision personnel at al-Aqsa, denying them the right to enter the holy place of worship while boosting break-ins by fanatic Israelis and vandals.
The Israeli occupation forces and settlers stepped up break-ins and vandalism at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque, Muslims’ third holiest site, as part of ongoing intents to enforce a spatio-temporal division on the Mosque.
Temple Mount clashes continue for third day
Third day of rioting sees Palestinians barricading themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque, throwing stones, concrete blocks, fireworks at security forces.
Clashes between security forces and Palestinians at the Temple Mount continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah.
Jerusalem Police said: "Following intelligence collected by the Shin Bet and the police regarding Arab youths, some with their faces covered, who barricaded themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem Police organized additional security forces at the entrance to the Temple Mount, who are prepared for any eventuality as has been done throughout the entire holiday.
According to police, the youths inside the mosque collected stones and fireworks and set up barricades to prevent closing the entrance, using shoe racks, iron rods, and rope tied to the doors of the mosque, and other methods.
As soon as the Temple Mount was opened to visitors on Tuesday morning, police said, rioters began throwing stones towards the Mughrabi Bridge.
Police and border guards then entered the Temple Mount area, at which point the rioters fled inside the mosque and began throwing dozens of stones, concrete blocks, and fireworks at security forces.
A firebomb was also thrown at security forces, setting wooden beams on fire.
Security forces began dismantling the barricades at the entrance to the mosque and shut the door with the rioters still inside.
Visits by Jews and tourists began on time and without disturbances.
Later in the day, police arrested an Arab man suspected of attacking two Jewish youths in the morning in the Old City. He fled the scene, but was detained after police said they recognized him on security footage.
Khaled Mashal, head of Hamas's political bureau, had a phone conversation with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas regarding events at the Temple Mount.
Violence erupted beyond the Temple Mount. In the early afternoon, around 170 Palestinians were rioting and throwing stones and firebombs at the border fence next to Tul Karm, more than 100 kilometers from Jerusalem.
At least nine people were arrested at the Temple Mount on Monday morning during rioting.
The United States said on Monday that it was deeply concerned about the violence and urged both sides to lower tensions.
Jordanian King Abdullah II condemned Israel, saying it was acting aggressive at al-Aqsa.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reprimand Israel for "violating the mosque's sanctity."
A PIC news correspondent quoted a member of the Islamic Endowment personnel at al-Aqsa as reporting that the heavily-armed occupation soldiers smashed the gates of the Qibli Mosque in an attempt to nab the non-violent sit-inners who have been maintaining vigil in protest at Israeli vandalism at the Mosque.
“The Qibli Mosque sustained serious damage after Israelis wreaked havoc on it, burned down its carpets, and ruined its historical windows,” the official stated.
Meanwhile, a peaceful sit-inner at al-Aqsa said at least 20 Muslim worshipers sustained wounds after the Israeli occupation troops attacked them with heavy spates of tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
The Israeli occupation soldiers have also come down heavily on the Muslim congregation and supervision personnel at al-Aqsa, denying them the right to enter the holy place of worship while boosting break-ins by fanatic Israelis and vandals.
The Israeli occupation forces and settlers stepped up break-ins and vandalism at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque, Muslims’ third holiest site, as part of ongoing intents to enforce a spatio-temporal division on the Mosque.
Temple Mount clashes continue for third day
Third day of rioting sees Palestinians barricading themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque, throwing stones, concrete blocks, fireworks at security forces.
Clashes between security forces and Palestinians at the Temple Mount continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah.
Jerusalem Police said: "Following intelligence collected by the Shin Bet and the police regarding Arab youths, some with their faces covered, who barricaded themselves inside al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem Police organized additional security forces at the entrance to the Temple Mount, who are prepared for any eventuality as has been done throughout the entire holiday.
According to police, the youths inside the mosque collected stones and fireworks and set up barricades to prevent closing the entrance, using shoe racks, iron rods, and rope tied to the doors of the mosque, and other methods.
As soon as the Temple Mount was opened to visitors on Tuesday morning, police said, rioters began throwing stones towards the Mughrabi Bridge.
Police and border guards then entered the Temple Mount area, at which point the rioters fled inside the mosque and began throwing dozens of stones, concrete blocks, and fireworks at security forces.
A firebomb was also thrown at security forces, setting wooden beams on fire.
Security forces began dismantling the barricades at the entrance to the mosque and shut the door with the rioters still inside.
Visits by Jews and tourists began on time and without disturbances.
Later in the day, police arrested an Arab man suspected of attacking two Jewish youths in the morning in the Old City. He fled the scene, but was detained after police said they recognized him on security footage.
Khaled Mashal, head of Hamas's political bureau, had a phone conversation with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas regarding events at the Temple Mount.
Violence erupted beyond the Temple Mount. In the early afternoon, around 170 Palestinians were rioting and throwing stones and firebombs at the border fence next to Tul Karm, more than 100 kilometers from Jerusalem.
At least nine people were arrested at the Temple Mount on Monday morning during rioting.
The United States said on Monday that it was deeply concerned about the violence and urged both sides to lower tensions.
Jordanian King Abdullah II condemned Israel, saying it was acting aggressive at al-Aqsa.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reprimand Israel for "violating the mosque's sanctity."
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and senior Hamas leader Hassan Youssef called on the Palestinian masses to intensify presence at Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem, so as to defend it against Israeli sacrilegious schemes.
Speaking in an exclusive statement to the PIC, MP Hassan Youssef spoke out against Israel’s ongoing assaults on Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque and its attempts to divide it both spatially and temporally.
“This is the reason why they [Israelis] have been seeking ways to make such dreams come true,” he said, citing the security coordination between the occupation and the Palestinian Authority (PA) as one of those adopted ways.
“The Israeli occupation has taken advantage of security coordination to perpetrate its schemes and agendas against the al-Aqsa Mosque,” Youssef added.
“This is why resistance should be activated, Muslims’ presence intensified, PA’s security coordination ceased, and internal unity boosted,” he stated.
Youssef slammed the silence maintained by the international community as regards Israeli assaults on al-Aqsa, urging international organizations to immediately step in and take a tougher line against Israeli violations of Muslims’ freedom of worship and vandalism in holy places of worship.
The MP also called on all national resistance factions to combine forces and appeal to international courts to sue the Israeli occupation for crimes against peaceful worshipers and Islamic places of worship.
Tension has been running high at Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—after the Israeli occupation forces and fanatic settlers stepped up desecration break-ins and cracked down on the unarmed Muslim congregation and sit-inners.
Speaking in an exclusive statement to the PIC, MP Hassan Youssef spoke out against Israel’s ongoing assaults on Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque and its attempts to divide it both spatially and temporally.
“This is the reason why they [Israelis] have been seeking ways to make such dreams come true,” he said, citing the security coordination between the occupation and the Palestinian Authority (PA) as one of those adopted ways.
“The Israeli occupation has taken advantage of security coordination to perpetrate its schemes and agendas against the al-Aqsa Mosque,” Youssef added.
“This is why resistance should be activated, Muslims’ presence intensified, PA’s security coordination ceased, and internal unity boosted,” he stated.
Youssef slammed the silence maintained by the international community as regards Israeli assaults on al-Aqsa, urging international organizations to immediately step in and take a tougher line against Israeli violations of Muslims’ freedom of worship and vandalism in holy places of worship.
The MP also called on all national resistance factions to combine forces and appeal to international courts to sue the Israeli occupation for crimes against peaceful worshipers and Islamic places of worship.
Tension has been running high at Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—after the Israeli occupation forces and fanatic settlers stepped up desecration break-ins and cracked down on the unarmed Muslim congregation and sit-inners.
