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The occupation authorities closed some of Al-Aqsa Gates on Monday afternoon and prevented men under the age of 40 from entering while allowed some men and women to enter and perform the Evening and Night Prayers and detained their IDs at the gates before entering.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation forces were suddenly deployed at Al-Aqsa gates and closed the gates: Lions, Al-Qataneen, Al-Hadeed, Al-Ghawanmeh and King Faisal while the gates: Hutta, Al-Majles and Al-Silsileh were left open. They established iron barriers at the gates and imposed restriction on the entrance of worshippers. Witnesses explained that the occupation police evacuated the young |
men from the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque immediately after the Afternoon Prayer was over.
The Israeli restrictions come on the eve of “Kippur” holiday concurrently with a decision to impose a complete closure on the West Bank starting Tuesday at 12 p.m. until Wednesday night.
Video…scenes while the Israeli occupation prevented worshippers (men and women) from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque last week for three consecutive days since the morning hours until noon on occasion of the Jewish New Year.
The Israeli restrictions come on the eve of “Kippur” holiday concurrently with a decision to impose a complete closure on the West Bank starting Tuesday at 12 p.m. until Wednesday night.
Video…scenes while the Israeli occupation prevented worshippers (men and women) from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque last week for three consecutive days since the morning hours until noon on occasion of the Jewish New Year.
Jewish settlers Sunday celebrated a provocative dancing concert at al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil.
Local sources revealed that groups of settlers celebrated a dancing concert in the plazas of the holy mosque under tight security measures by Israeli forces. It is the first time that Jewish settlers conduct such a concert, the sources pointed out.
By such provocative practices, Israelis intend to Judaize the Islamic holy places in the West Bank.
Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from entering al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of Jewish holidays in full disregard to the Islamic holy first ten days of the month of the Haj current season.
Local sources revealed that groups of settlers celebrated a dancing concert in the plazas of the holy mosque under tight security measures by Israeli forces. It is the first time that Jewish settlers conduct such a concert, the sources pointed out.
By such provocative practices, Israelis intend to Judaize the Islamic holy places in the West Bank.
Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from entering al-Haram al-Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext of Jewish holidays in full disregard to the Islamic holy first ten days of the month of the Haj current season.
The Palestine Scholars Association (PSA) stressed that supporting Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque is an obligatory duty upon all the scholars of the Islamic Nation.
The PSA chairman Dr. Marwan Abu Ras told a press conference in Gaza on Monday: "We must exert all efforts possible for the sake of advocating the cause of al-Aqsa Mosque”.
Abu-Ras emphasized that: "Scholars of the Islamic Nation are role models for the entire nation, including its rulers, men, women, children and elderly people, and they should lead the Nation to liberate the holy places from the Israeli occupation”.
He added that: "Jews have no right to any part of Palestine. All Palestine is an Islamic holy, blessed Wakf land."
He charged that what is happening in the West Bank is a clear conspiracy on al-Aqsa Mosque, pointing to the Palestinian Authority’s arrest of resistance activists, attacking protesters supporting al-Aqsa Mosque and insisting on agreements which he described as "humiliating and degrading”.
He also stressed that scholars must tell the truth and state the Islamic ruling on those actions without any further delay.
The PSA chairman Dr. Marwan Abu Ras told a press conference in Gaza on Monday: "We must exert all efforts possible for the sake of advocating the cause of al-Aqsa Mosque”.
Abu-Ras emphasized that: "Scholars of the Islamic Nation are role models for the entire nation, including its rulers, men, women, children and elderly people, and they should lead the Nation to liberate the holy places from the Israeli occupation”.
He added that: "Jews have no right to any part of Palestine. All Palestine is an Islamic holy, blessed Wakf land."
He charged that what is happening in the West Bank is a clear conspiracy on al-Aqsa Mosque, pointing to the Palestinian Authority’s arrest of resistance activists, attacking protesters supporting al-Aqsa Mosque and insisting on agreements which he described as "humiliating and degrading”.
He also stressed that scholars must tell the truth and state the Islamic ruling on those actions without any further delay.
Imam and preacher of al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri called on Palestinians to visit the Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday which marks the holy Arafa Day.
In a statement on Monday, Sheikh Sabri underlined the importance of visiting the holy Aqsa Mosque and performing Islamic prayers and Dua, including chanting Allah the Greatest, in the holy site during the holy first ten days of Haj month.
Sheikh Sabri pointed out that chanting “Allah the Greatest” starts from Wednesday’s dawn until the evening of the Fourth day of Eid al-Adha. He urged Palestinians to slaughter sacrifices to be distributed to the poor people during the days of Eid.
He also urged Palestinians to visit their relatives, the wounded people, and the families of prisoners and martyrs during Eid days.
Sheikh Sabri called on Muslim and Arab countries to exert all possible efforts to unify their positions toward protecting the Islamic holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine. He called for spreading the word of Islam and respecting all other religions as well.
In a statement on Monday, Sheikh Sabri underlined the importance of visiting the holy Aqsa Mosque and performing Islamic prayers and Dua, including chanting Allah the Greatest, in the holy site during the holy first ten days of Haj month.
Sheikh Sabri pointed out that chanting “Allah the Greatest” starts from Wednesday’s dawn until the evening of the Fourth day of Eid al-Adha. He urged Palestinians to slaughter sacrifices to be distributed to the poor people during the days of Eid.
He also urged Palestinians to visit their relatives, the wounded people, and the families of prisoners and martyrs during Eid days.
Sheikh Sabri called on Muslim and Arab countries to exert all possible efforts to unify their positions toward protecting the Islamic holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine. He called for spreading the word of Islam and respecting all other religions as well.
Israeli police said Monday that thousands of officers would be deployed in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of the Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha holidays after three days of clashes rocked the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, last week.
Authorities also said 21 Palestinians were detained overnight in East Jerusalem linked to last week's unrest at Al-Aqsa which saw Israeli police violently clash with Palestinian protesters. According to AFP, those detentions were in addition to 39 others in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, over the weekend.
Yom Kippur begins Tuesday night and lasts until Wednesday evening, with thousands of Jews expected to visit the Western Wall below the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
The Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday begins Wednesday and continues until Sunday. Beginning on Monday night, traffic will be restricted around the Old City and checkpoints will be set up.
Last week's clashes occurred as Jews celebrated their New Year, or Rosh Hashanah.
Police said they raided the Al-Aqsa compound to stop Palestinians who had barricaded themselves inside the mosque from disrupting visits by Jews and tourists.
Clashes broke out during the raids, with protesters throwing stones, fireworks and other material at police, who shot tear gas canisters, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
There were also fierce clashes in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City outside the mosque compound. Further unrest occurred on Friday in the occupied West Bank and sporadically in East Jerusalem.
In the wake of the clashes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed "war" on Palestinian stone-throwers after announcing a toughening of penalties for stone-throwers at an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials overnight Tuesday.
In the meeting, Netanyahu also reportedly asked Israel's Attorney General to allow police to employ open-fire regulations used in the West Bank, including sniper fire and the use of 0.22 inch Ruger rifles fitted with sniper scopes.
Al-Aqsa is the third-holiest site in Islam, and the site is also venerated by Jews as the Temple Mount and is considered the most sacred in Judaism.
Palestinians have been alarmed by an increase in visits by Jews to the site and fear rules governing the compound will be changed. Jews are allowed to visit but not to pray, to avoid provoking tensions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said repeatedly he is committed to the status quo at the site.
Israel seized East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community.
In a further sign of heightened tensions, Israel has also deployed two anti-missile batteries around the cities of Sderot and Netivot near the Gaza Strip, army radio reported.
Three rockets were fired into southern Israel in recent days from the Palestinian enclave, without causing any injuries. On Friday, Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on the territory.
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An Israeli soldier sustained injuries overnight as clashes broke out during a visit to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, Israel's army said.
Around 60 Palestinians hurled rocks, Molotov cocktails, and rolled burning tires at a group of Israelis visiting the site under armed guard, an army spokesperson said.
Israeli media reported that up to 2,000 Israelis took part in the visit.
Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, the site was to remain under Israeli control. But the Israeli army evacuated the premises in October 2000 shortly after the start of the Second Intifada, and it was immediately damaged and burnt by Palestinians.
Following security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli army allows Jewish worshipers to make monthly nocturnal pilgrimages to the site.
Joseph's Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans.
Injuries reported in violent clashes in Nablus, al-Khalil
Violent clashes with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke out at noon Monday in Nablus and al-Khalil West Bank cities in the wake of pro-Aqsa marches.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of school students took to the streets in a pro-Aqsa march. The IOF soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades directly at the children who, in turn, threw stones at the soldiers and closed the main road by torched tires to block traffic against Israeli patrols.
The union of teachers in Nablus suspended school time at all West Bank schools after 11 am for the participation in pro-Aqsa demonstrations.
As for al-Khalil, a number of Palestinian youths got injured and suffered suffocation in clashes that erupted in several locations in the city.
The activist against settlement Mohammad Awad told the PIC reporter that clashes erupted in Asidah district near Beit Ummar in northern al-Khalil in the wake of quelling a pro-Aqsa march by IOF troops.
Israeli forces shot rubber bullets and sound bombs at the march leading to the injury of a 17-year-old boy in his foot. Two others were wounded by rubber bullets while some others suffered suffocation.
In the same context, similar clashes broke out in the nearby Halhoul town. A number of Palestinians suffered from inhaling tear gas. Israeli soldiers closed an entrance of the town following a pro-Aqsa rally.
Authorities also said 21 Palestinians were detained overnight in East Jerusalem linked to last week's unrest at Al-Aqsa which saw Israeli police violently clash with Palestinian protesters. According to AFP, those detentions were in addition to 39 others in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, over the weekend.
Yom Kippur begins Tuesday night and lasts until Wednesday evening, with thousands of Jews expected to visit the Western Wall below the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
The Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday begins Wednesday and continues until Sunday. Beginning on Monday night, traffic will be restricted around the Old City and checkpoints will be set up.
Last week's clashes occurred as Jews celebrated their New Year, or Rosh Hashanah.
Police said they raided the Al-Aqsa compound to stop Palestinians who had barricaded themselves inside the mosque from disrupting visits by Jews and tourists.
Clashes broke out during the raids, with protesters throwing stones, fireworks and other material at police, who shot tear gas canisters, stun grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets.
There were also fierce clashes in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City outside the mosque compound. Further unrest occurred on Friday in the occupied West Bank and sporadically in East Jerusalem.
In the wake of the clashes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed "war" on Palestinian stone-throwers after announcing a toughening of penalties for stone-throwers at an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials overnight Tuesday.
In the meeting, Netanyahu also reportedly asked Israel's Attorney General to allow police to employ open-fire regulations used in the West Bank, including sniper fire and the use of 0.22 inch Ruger rifles fitted with sniper scopes.
Al-Aqsa is the third-holiest site in Islam, and the site is also venerated by Jews as the Temple Mount and is considered the most sacred in Judaism.
Palestinians have been alarmed by an increase in visits by Jews to the site and fear rules governing the compound will be changed. Jews are allowed to visit but not to pray, to avoid provoking tensions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said repeatedly he is committed to the status quo at the site.
Israel seized East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community.
In a further sign of heightened tensions, Israel has also deployed two anti-missile batteries around the cities of Sderot and Netivot near the Gaza Strip, army radio reported.
Three rockets were fired into southern Israel in recent days from the Palestinian enclave, without causing any injuries. On Friday, Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on the territory.
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An Israeli soldier sustained injuries overnight as clashes broke out during a visit to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, Israel's army said.
Around 60 Palestinians hurled rocks, Molotov cocktails, and rolled burning tires at a group of Israelis visiting the site under armed guard, an army spokesperson said.
Israeli media reported that up to 2,000 Israelis took part in the visit.
Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, the site was to remain under Israeli control. But the Israeli army evacuated the premises in October 2000 shortly after the start of the Second Intifada, and it was immediately damaged and burnt by Palestinians.
Following security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli army allows Jewish worshipers to make monthly nocturnal pilgrimages to the site.
Joseph's Tomb is revered by Jews, Muslims, Christians and Samaritans.
Injuries reported in violent clashes in Nablus, al-Khalil
Violent clashes with Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) broke out at noon Monday in Nablus and al-Khalil West Bank cities in the wake of pro-Aqsa marches.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of school students took to the streets in a pro-Aqsa march. The IOF soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades directly at the children who, in turn, threw stones at the soldiers and closed the main road by torched tires to block traffic against Israeli patrols.
The union of teachers in Nablus suspended school time at all West Bank schools after 11 am for the participation in pro-Aqsa demonstrations.
As for al-Khalil, a number of Palestinian youths got injured and suffered suffocation in clashes that erupted in several locations in the city.
The activist against settlement Mohammad Awad told the PIC reporter that clashes erupted in Asidah district near Beit Ummar in northern al-Khalil in the wake of quelling a pro-Aqsa march by IOF troops.
Israeli forces shot rubber bullets and sound bombs at the march leading to the injury of a 17-year-old boy in his foot. Two others were wounded by rubber bullets while some others suffered suffocation.
In the same context, similar clashes broke out in the nearby Halhoul town. A number of Palestinians suffered from inhaling tear gas. Israeli soldiers closed an entrance of the town following a pro-Aqsa rally.
The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, on Monday, have released statement expressing serious concerns regarding recent violent development on Haram al Sharif (Al Aqsa Mosque).
“We condemn all threats of change to the historical (Status Quo) situation in the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Haram Asharif) and its courtyard, all buildings, and in the city of Jerusalem. Any threat to its continuity and integrity could easily lead to unpredictable consequences which would be most unwelcome in the present delicate political climate,” statement said, according to the PNN.
The statement continued by saying that Muslims have the right to free access to and worship within the Al Aqsa Mosque.
“There is a great importance of the custody of the Hashemite kingdom on Al Aqsa Mosque and the holy places in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. We believe that all Holy Sites need constant watchful protection so that reasonable access to them can be maintained according to the prevailing Status Quo of all three Abrahamic faiths.”
The Heads of Churches finally renewed calls that the existing agreed Status Quo governing these sites needs to be fully respected for the sake of the whole community.
“We condemn all threats of change to the historical (Status Quo) situation in the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Haram Asharif) and its courtyard, all buildings, and in the city of Jerusalem. Any threat to its continuity and integrity could easily lead to unpredictable consequences which would be most unwelcome in the present delicate political climate,” statement said, according to the PNN.
The statement continued by saying that Muslims have the right to free access to and worship within the Al Aqsa Mosque.
“There is a great importance of the custody of the Hashemite kingdom on Al Aqsa Mosque and the holy places in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. We believe that all Holy Sites need constant watchful protection so that reasonable access to them can be maintained according to the prevailing Status Quo of all three Abrahamic faiths.”
The Heads of Churches finally renewed calls that the existing agreed Status Quo governing these sites needs to be fully respected for the sake of the whole community.
Head of the Geneva Center for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue Anwar al-Gharbi said that “the Israeli escalated attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and occupied Jerusalem, and the continued siege on Gaza constitute a serious violation of international laws and conventions.”
Gharbi called on the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, and Switzerland to act urgently to alleviate the Palestinian people’s suffering.
Talking to Quds Press, Gharbi slammed PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s statements in which he defended tightening Israeli-Egyptian siege on Gaza.
He called on the Egyptian authorities to take urgent measures to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in the besieged strip of Gaza through opening the Rafah border crossing.
He considered the Egyptian policy of tightening the noose on Gaza Strip as a collective punishment that could be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court.
The director of the Geneva Center denounced the PA repressive policy against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.
He also called on Switzerland, as Geneva Convention’s sponsor, to take all necessary measures to lift Israel’s unfair siege on Gaza.
Gharbi revealed that meetings are going to be held with Swiss MPs to discuss ways to stop the Israeli attacks on Palestinian holy sites.
Gharbi called on the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, and Switzerland to act urgently to alleviate the Palestinian people’s suffering.
Talking to Quds Press, Gharbi slammed PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s statements in which he defended tightening Israeli-Egyptian siege on Gaza.
He called on the Egyptian authorities to take urgent measures to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in the besieged strip of Gaza through opening the Rafah border crossing.
He considered the Egyptian policy of tightening the noose on Gaza Strip as a collective punishment that could be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court.
The director of the Geneva Center denounced the PA repressive policy against the Palestinian people in the West Bank.
He also called on Switzerland, as Geneva Convention’s sponsor, to take all necessary measures to lift Israel’s unfair siege on Gaza.
Gharbi revealed that meetings are going to be held with Swiss MPs to discuss ways to stop the Israeli attacks on Palestinian holy sites.
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Araby said Sunday that Arab foreign ministers will convene in New York city on September 27 to discuss Israel’s persistent aggressions on the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Speaking at the farewell party of Ambassador Mohamed Sabih, Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States for Palestine affairs, Araby said: “We have long warned of the dangers posed by the incessant and intolerable Israeli violations in Occupied Jerusalem.”
He added that plans for an emergency summit to discuss Israel’s continued violations failed to materialize; however, the issue will be discussed by Arab foreign ministers in New York.
Israel’s brazen violations are not only a threat to the Arab world, but to the international community as a whole, Araby further stated.
Speaking at the farewell party of Ambassador Mohamed Sabih, Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States for Palestine affairs, Araby said: “We have long warned of the dangers posed by the incessant and intolerable Israeli violations in Occupied Jerusalem.”
He added that plans for an emergency summit to discuss Israel’s continued violations failed to materialize; however, the issue will be discussed by Arab foreign ministers in New York.
Israel’s brazen violations are not only a threat to the Arab world, but to the international community as a whole, Araby further stated.
Hamas Movement called on PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to accelerate implementation of the Palestinian national reconciliation, arguing that it that would block Israeli schemes to divide al-Aqsa Mosque.
Hamas’s foreign relations chief Osama Hamdan said that what is happening in al-Aqsa Mosque needs speedy steps towards Palestinian national unity.
Hamas is totally committed to reconciliation and national unity, he affirmed.
Speaking to Quds Press on Monday, Hamadan pointed to the phone conversation between Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal during which the latter stressed the need to accelerate the reconciliation implementation.
Hamdan, meanwhile, warned of using the reconciliation as a political maneuver to resume talks with occupation.
In another context, the senior leader in Hamas Movement renewed his movement’s rejection of the French initiative that supports, according to him, the Israeli positions.
Hamas’s foreign relations chief Osama Hamdan said that what is happening in al-Aqsa Mosque needs speedy steps towards Palestinian national unity.
Hamas is totally committed to reconciliation and national unity, he affirmed.
Speaking to Quds Press on Monday, Hamadan pointed to the phone conversation between Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal during which the latter stressed the need to accelerate the reconciliation implementation.
Hamdan, meanwhile, warned of using the reconciliation as a political maneuver to resume talks with occupation.
In another context, the senior leader in Hamas Movement renewed his movement’s rejection of the French initiative that supports, according to him, the Israeli positions.
Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality afternoon Sunday officially endorsed a bid to Judaize Jerusalem’s street names.
Among the neighborhoods and streets targeted by the new Hebrew nomenclature is the Jabal al-Zaytoun area and another residential neighborhood in Silwan.
The names are meant to change the typically Islamic character of Occupied Jerusalem and the road to Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Analysts said the move is a barefaced infringement of the international law, which prohibits changing street names in occupied territories.
The Israeli occupation authority is said to have altered at least 300 street names across Occupied Jerusalem so far.
Israel’s Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barakat, has often pursued such a policy to boost Judaization schemes across Occupied Jerusalem and wipe out the Islamic and Arab idiosyncrasy of the city.
Hebraizing Street Names across Jerusalem Approved, Pro Al Aqsa Rallies Suppressed across West Bank
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem approved, last Sunday night, a decision to replace the original names of several streets and districts in and outside Jerusalem’s Old City with ‘Hebrew’ names that carry Talmudic connotations, according to WAFA correspondence.
Among the streets slated for change is the name of Jabal al-Zayotoun (Mount of Olives) district, which is set to be changed into “Har Hamshaha”, the Talmudic reference to the mountain.
Other changes also include the name of the neighborhood district of al-Bustan, in the Silwan area, which would be changed into “Shir Hamaalot”, a Talmudic name that refers to a road leading to what is known for Jews as the Temple. Jews claim that the Temple is located at the site of al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the latest Israeli decision, adding that such decision comes as part of Israel’s attempts to change the cultural and historical identity of the city, aimed at changing the status quo there.
It said the decision violates international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions which prohibit changing street names in occupied territories.
According to the Palestinian Information Center, analysts said that the Israeli decision to change the street names is a barefaced infringement and violation of international law, which prohibits changing street names in occupied territories.
The Israeli occupation authorities have altered at least 300 street names across occupied Jerusalem so far.
“Israel’s Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barakat, has often pursued such a policy to boost Judaization schemes across Occupied Jerusalem and undermine the Islamic and Arab peculiarity of the city,” reported the Information Center.
Dozens of Palestinians, including school students, have been injured as Israeli forces suppress a number of protests which have set out across the occupied West Bank in condemnation of Israel’s recent escalations at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, according to local and medical sources.
Palestinians, including students, took the streets on Monday, following calls by the Palestinian teacher union to hold peaceful rallies to protest the ongoing Israeli aggression on al-Aqsa mosque and worshipers.
There has been growing tension across the West Bank and Jerusalem in recent days due to provocative raids by Jewish fanatics into al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Israel have been enforcing a unilateral temporal division on the mosque; banning Palestinians from entering the compound during specific hours, while settlers are provided with a police escort into the Islamic holy site.
In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers used teargas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets toward Palestinians who rallied in support of al-Aqsa mosque in light of recent Israeli police attacks on the mosque compound and worshipers to enforce a unilateral division between Muslims and Jews. Several suffocation cases were reported.
In Hebron, A Palestinian was shot with live ammunition, while others sustained injuries by rubber-coated steel bullets as Israeli forces violently suppressed similar rallies across Hebron.
Ayman Aby Ayyash, 17, was shot in the foot with a live bullet, whereas two other Palestinians, whose identities remains unidentified, sustained rubber bullet wounds during clashes that erupted in the Hebron’s town of Beit Ummar. They were both treated at the scene, while Ayyash’s injury necessitated his transfer to a hospital.
Security sources said that clashes also broke out between forces and Palestinians in other locations across Hebron, as forces suppressed similar rallies in support of al-Aqsa.
Forces crushed a rally organized in Bab al-Zawyeh area, town of Bani Na’im, and Halhoul bridge, where many students suffocated due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli army.
Meanwhile, Israeli army cracked down on a protest near Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, and attacked the protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades and teargas canisters, causing several suffocation cases among Palestinians.
The protesters, in return, threw stones towards the Israeli soldiers stationed there.
Similar rallies in support of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque were also organized in the Jenin district, in northern West Bank, but there were no reports of clashes with the Israeli military.
In the meantime, thousands of Palestinian students took to the streets in the Arab town of Sakhnin, in the Galilee region, in protest of the Israeli escalations at al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem. The students chanted slogans in support of al-Aqsa and waved the Palestinian flag.
The protesting students in Sakhnin also expressed their willingness to embark on a long-term strike in protest of the Israeli assaults against Palestinians worshipers in al-Aqsa.
Among the neighborhoods and streets targeted by the new Hebrew nomenclature is the Jabal al-Zaytoun area and another residential neighborhood in Silwan.
The names are meant to change the typically Islamic character of Occupied Jerusalem and the road to Muslims’ holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Analysts said the move is a barefaced infringement of the international law, which prohibits changing street names in occupied territories.
The Israeli occupation authority is said to have altered at least 300 street names across Occupied Jerusalem so far.
Israel’s Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barakat, has often pursued such a policy to boost Judaization schemes across Occupied Jerusalem and wipe out the Islamic and Arab idiosyncrasy of the city.
Hebraizing Street Names across Jerusalem Approved, Pro Al Aqsa Rallies Suppressed across West Bank
The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem approved, last Sunday night, a decision to replace the original names of several streets and districts in and outside Jerusalem’s Old City with ‘Hebrew’ names that carry Talmudic connotations, according to WAFA correspondence.
Among the streets slated for change is the name of Jabal al-Zayotoun (Mount of Olives) district, which is set to be changed into “Har Hamshaha”, the Talmudic reference to the mountain.
Other changes also include the name of the neighborhood district of al-Bustan, in the Silwan area, which would be changed into “Shir Hamaalot”, a Talmudic name that refers to a road leading to what is known for Jews as the Temple. Jews claim that the Temple is located at the site of al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the latest Israeli decision, adding that such decision comes as part of Israel’s attempts to change the cultural and historical identity of the city, aimed at changing the status quo there.
It said the decision violates international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions which prohibit changing street names in occupied territories.
According to the Palestinian Information Center, analysts said that the Israeli decision to change the street names is a barefaced infringement and violation of international law, which prohibits changing street names in occupied territories.
The Israeli occupation authorities have altered at least 300 street names across occupied Jerusalem so far.
“Israel’s Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barakat, has often pursued such a policy to boost Judaization schemes across Occupied Jerusalem and undermine the Islamic and Arab peculiarity of the city,” reported the Information Center.
Dozens of Palestinians, including school students, have been injured as Israeli forces suppress a number of protests which have set out across the occupied West Bank in condemnation of Israel’s recent escalations at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, according to local and medical sources.
Palestinians, including students, took the streets on Monday, following calls by the Palestinian teacher union to hold peaceful rallies to protest the ongoing Israeli aggression on al-Aqsa mosque and worshipers.
There has been growing tension across the West Bank and Jerusalem in recent days due to provocative raids by Jewish fanatics into al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Israel have been enforcing a unilateral temporal division on the mosque; banning Palestinians from entering the compound during specific hours, while settlers are provided with a police escort into the Islamic holy site.
In Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers used teargas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets toward Palestinians who rallied in support of al-Aqsa mosque in light of recent Israeli police attacks on the mosque compound and worshipers to enforce a unilateral division between Muslims and Jews. Several suffocation cases were reported.
In Hebron, A Palestinian was shot with live ammunition, while others sustained injuries by rubber-coated steel bullets as Israeli forces violently suppressed similar rallies across Hebron.
Ayman Aby Ayyash, 17, was shot in the foot with a live bullet, whereas two other Palestinians, whose identities remains unidentified, sustained rubber bullet wounds during clashes that erupted in the Hebron’s town of Beit Ummar. They were both treated at the scene, while Ayyash’s injury necessitated his transfer to a hospital.
Security sources said that clashes also broke out between forces and Palestinians in other locations across Hebron, as forces suppressed similar rallies in support of al-Aqsa.
Forces crushed a rally organized in Bab al-Zawyeh area, town of Bani Na’im, and Halhoul bridge, where many students suffocated due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli army.
Meanwhile, Israeli army cracked down on a protest near Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, and attacked the protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades and teargas canisters, causing several suffocation cases among Palestinians.
The protesters, in return, threw stones towards the Israeli soldiers stationed there.
Similar rallies in support of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque were also organized in the Jenin district, in northern West Bank, but there were no reports of clashes with the Israeli military.
In the meantime, thousands of Palestinian students took to the streets in the Arab town of Sakhnin, in the Galilee region, in protest of the Israeli escalations at al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem. The students chanted slogans in support of al-Aqsa and waved the Palestinian flag.
The protesting students in Sakhnin also expressed their willingness to embark on a long-term strike in protest of the Israeli assaults against Palestinians worshipers in al-Aqsa.
The occupation forces arrested one woman and assaulted several other while they were at Al-Aqsa Gates after being prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation arrested Jihad Ghazzawi after assaulting and beating her.
Since the morning hours, the forces assaulted the women present at Al-Silsileh Gate and forced them to stay away from the area while a group of settlers protested in the area and practiced their religious rituals protected by the Israeli police in an attempt to provoke the Jerusalemites.
The forces harassed the women near Al-Aqsa Gates and attempted to prevent them from staying around the gates especially Al-Majles and l-Qataneen; they randomly sprayed pepper gas near Hutta Gate.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces prevented nearly 60 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque (men, women and journalists) under the pretext of initiating problems inside Al-Aqsa; note that their names are listed in the “black lists” distributed at Al-Aqsa Gates.
On Sunday, 146 extremist settlers broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate protected by the police amid chants of “God is Great” by the worshippers.
He occupation police continued on Sunday to detain the men’s IDs before entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Journalists’ sit-in
A group of journalists carried out a sit-in near Al-Qataneen Gate to condemn the Israeli assaults against them in the past few days as several journalists were attacked, injured or arrested.
Arrests
The occupation authorities arrested on Sunday early morning three young men from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber after raiding their homes. The detainees are: Mohammad Wasim Aweisat, Mohammad Aziz Aweisat and Jihad Ahmad Sroor.
The forces also arrested the child Bara’ Mahmoud from the village of Esawyeh.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the occupation arrested Jihad Ghazzawi after assaulting and beating her.
Since the morning hours, the forces assaulted the women present at Al-Silsileh Gate and forced them to stay away from the area while a group of settlers protested in the area and practiced their religious rituals protected by the Israeli police in an attempt to provoke the Jerusalemites.
The forces harassed the women near Al-Aqsa Gates and attempted to prevent them from staying around the gates especially Al-Majles and l-Qataneen; they randomly sprayed pepper gas near Hutta Gate.
It is noteworthy that the occupation forces prevented nearly 60 Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque (men, women and journalists) under the pretext of initiating problems inside Al-Aqsa; note that their names are listed in the “black lists” distributed at Al-Aqsa Gates.
On Sunday, 146 extremist settlers broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque through Dung Gate protected by the police amid chants of “God is Great” by the worshippers.
He occupation police continued on Sunday to detain the men’s IDs before entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Journalists’ sit-in
A group of journalists carried out a sit-in near Al-Qataneen Gate to condemn the Israeli assaults against them in the past few days as several journalists were attacked, injured or arrested.
Arrests
The occupation authorities arrested on Sunday early morning three young men from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber after raiding their homes. The detainees are: Mohammad Wasim Aweisat, Mohammad Aziz Aweisat and Jihad Ahmad Sroor.
The forces also arrested the child Bara’ Mahmoud from the village of Esawyeh.
