15 nov 2015
A group of Jewish settlers stormed the holy al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning and toured its courtyards under Israeli police protection.
Eyewitnesses said that special Israeli police forces protected the settlers during the tour, adding that tension is running high in the Mosque due to the repeated incursions by those settlers.
Jewish settlers escorted by police forces almost daily tour the holy Islamic site amid tight restrictions imposed on the entry of Muslim worshipers especially women during the settlers’ tours in a clear attempt to impose spatio-temporal division on the holy site.
Eyewitnesses said that special Israeli police forces protected the settlers during the tour, adding that tension is running high in the Mosque due to the repeated incursions by those settlers.
Jewish settlers escorted by police forces almost daily tour the holy Islamic site amid tight restrictions imposed on the entry of Muslim worshipers especially women during the settlers’ tours in a clear attempt to impose spatio-temporal division on the holy site.
14 nov 2015
Hundreds of Muslim worshipers rallied, following the Friday khutba (sermon) and prayers, in the Aqsa Mosque's courtyards to protest Israel's escalation of its aggressive practices against the Palestinian people and their holy sites.
Local sources said that hundreds of Palestinians rallied outside the Dome of the Rock Mosque and chanted slogans hailing the heroism of martyrs and the steadfastness of the Aqsa Mosque advocates.
This protest took place as al-Quds intifada (uprising) entered its seventh Friday, amid tight police measures in the Old City of Jerusalem and in the areas around the Aqsa Mosque.
During his Friday khutba, Sheikh Ismail Nawahdah deplored Israel's persistence in violating the sanctity of the Islamic holy sites, especially the Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Nawahdah also condemned Israel's unprecedented escalation of its violations and crimes against the Palestinians, including the mass killing and arrest campaigns taking place in the occupied territories in full view of the whole world.
Local sources said that hundreds of Palestinians rallied outside the Dome of the Rock Mosque and chanted slogans hailing the heroism of martyrs and the steadfastness of the Aqsa Mosque advocates.
This protest took place as al-Quds intifada (uprising) entered its seventh Friday, amid tight police measures in the Old City of Jerusalem and in the areas around the Aqsa Mosque.
During his Friday khutba, Sheikh Ismail Nawahdah deplored Israel's persistence in violating the sanctity of the Islamic holy sites, especially the Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Nawahdah also condemned Israel's unprecedented escalation of its violations and crimes against the Palestinians, including the mass killing and arrest campaigns taking place in the occupied territories in full view of the whole world.
13 nov 2015
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at noontime Thursday came down heavily on a group of Muslim women and denied them the right to enter the holy al-Aqsa Mosque to perform their religious prayers.
The IOF detained the Palestinian girl Nahla Seyam at the Asbat Gate and subjected her to intensive search.
Seyam said while she was waiting for her father at al-Aqsa, an Israeli occupation soldier summoned her for inspection and interrogated her in such a remarkably misogynistic manner before he forced her to take off her shoes.
“The occupation soldiers refused to let me go until my father showed up and was, himself, subjected to exhaustive interrogation,” the girl added.
“The latest field executions perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army against Palestinian youths have stirred in me a deep fear for my life,” Nahla further stated.
The IOF detained the Palestinian girl Nahla Seyam at the Asbat Gate and subjected her to intensive search.
Seyam said while she was waiting for her father at al-Aqsa, an Israeli occupation soldier summoned her for inspection and interrogated her in such a remarkably misogynistic manner before he forced her to take off her shoes.
“The occupation soldiers refused to let me go until my father showed up and was, himself, subjected to exhaustive interrogation,” the girl added.
“The latest field executions perpetrated by the Israeli occupation army against Palestinian youths have stirred in me a deep fear for my life,” Nahla further stated.
The guards of al-Aqsa Mosque along with worshipers Thursday morning confronted an Israeli tour guide who called for the demolition of the Dome of the Rock for the construction of the Alleged Temple of Solomon.
The Manager of al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar al-Kiswani revealed that an Israeli tour guide escorted and presented explanations to 40 Jewish tourists, claiming that the Dome of the Rock is built over the Temple of Solomon and that it should be demolished to be replaced by the alleged Temple.
In the same context, 103 Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli forces stormed al-Aqsa Mosque and tried to perform Talmudic rituals near al-Rahma gate. The guards and Muslim worshipers prevented that.
The Manager of al-Aqsa Mosque, Omar al-Kiswani revealed that an Israeli tour guide escorted and presented explanations to 40 Jewish tourists, claiming that the Dome of the Rock is built over the Temple of Solomon and that it should be demolished to be replaced by the alleged Temple.
In the same context, 103 Jewish settlers escorted by Israeli forces stormed al-Aqsa Mosque and tried to perform Talmudic rituals near al-Rahma gate. The guards and Muslim worshipers prevented that.
12 nov 2015
A consortium of pro-Palestinian groups in the Austrian capital Vienna has formed an ad hoc committee for the defense of Occupied Jerusalem at the initiative of the coordinating committee for the support of Palestine in the country.
Deputy head of Palestinians in Europe Conference Adel Abdullah told Quds Press on Thursday that the committee was composed of representatives of Islamic and Arab organizations and assemblies and would work on defending Jerusalem in Austria.
Abdullah added that the committee would organize a sit-in in downtown Vienna next Saturday in support of Jerusalem and send letters soon to local politicians in the country to put them in the picture of Israel's violations in the city.
Deputy head of Palestinians in Europe Conference Adel Abdullah told Quds Press on Thursday that the committee was composed of representatives of Islamic and Arab organizations and assemblies and would work on defending Jerusalem in Austria.
Abdullah added that the committee would organize a sit-in in downtown Vienna next Saturday in support of Jerusalem and send letters soon to local politicians in the country to put them in the picture of Israel's violations in the city.
11 nov 2015
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday morning, the al-Baloa’ area, northeast of the al-Biereh city, and the area near ‘Atara military roadblock, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, and clashed with scores of local youths, wounding four, while many suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Medical sources said the soldiers fired several live rounds, moderately wounding four Palestinians.
The sources added that dozens of schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers fired many gas bombs into the al-Jalazoun School for Boys.
In related news, dozens of Israeli extremists, accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers, stormed the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the al-Magharba Gate, in occupied Jerusalem.
The army also held the ID cards of dozens of Muslim worshipers before allowing them into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and denied access to at least 60 women, of different ages, into the holy site during what the police described as "tours conducted by Israelis."
Medical sources said the soldiers fired several live rounds, moderately wounding four Palestinians.
The sources added that dozens of schoolchildren suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers fired many gas bombs into the al-Jalazoun School for Boys.
In related news, dozens of Israeli extremists, accompanied by dozens of soldiers and police officers, stormed the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, through the al-Magharba Gate, in occupied Jerusalem.
The army also held the ID cards of dozens of Muslim worshipers before allowing them into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and denied access to at least 60 women, of different ages, into the holy site during what the police described as "tours conducted by Israelis."
10 nov 2015
An Israeli officer along with archaeologist escorted by Israeli policemen Tuesday morning stormed al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed its plazas and other internal mosques.
A guard of al-Aqsa Mosque told Quds Press that explanations were made within the Israeli rounds in al-Aqsa’s plazas and lasted for one hour and a half.
On the other hand, Israeli forces increased its surveillance on worshipers and deployed its troops in the Mosque’s vicinity. The forces also offered protection to 20 settlers who broke into the Mosque from the Magharebah gate.
A guard of al-Aqsa Mosque told Quds Press that explanations were made within the Israeli rounds in al-Aqsa’s plazas and lasted for one hour and a half.
On the other hand, Israeli forces increased its surveillance on worshipers and deployed its troops in the Mosque’s vicinity. The forces also offered protection to 20 settlers who broke into the Mosque from the Magharebah gate.
Although tensions have recently subsided at East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, many Palestinians fear that "partition" of the site between Muslims and Jews remains a long-term Israeli objective.
The current round of violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- in which scores of Palestinians have been killed so far -- was initially triggered by a series of clashes in the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, regarded as sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
World Bulletin/Al Ray reports that those clashes were largely precipitated by large groups of Jewish settlers who -- usually accompanied by Israeli security forces -- frequently forced their way into the mosque compound.
While Jewish settlers have been allowed into the Al-Aqsa compound in greater and greater numbers -- where they often perform "Talmudic rituals" despite a longstanding ban on non-Muslim worship -- the entry of Palestinian Muslim worshipers to the site has been increasingly restricted by the Israeli authorities.
According to Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Supreme Islamic Council and former Mufti of Jerusalem, the twin moves -- allowing large numbers of Jews into Al-Aqsa while barring Muslims -- is part of an Israeli plan to "partition" the site "temporally and spatially" between worshippers of the two faiths. From the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem in 1967 until 2000, Jerusalem’s Department of Islamic Endowments -- run by next-door Jordan -- has been solely responsible for the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and for regulating visits to the site by non-Muslims.
In September of 2000, a visit to Al-Aqsa by controversial Israeli leader Ariel Sharon -- accompanied by a large delegation and hundreds of Israeli riot police -- sparked what later became known as the "Second Intifada", a years-long popular Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation.
In the wake of Sharon’s contentious visit, the Department of Islamic Endowments banned visits to the site by non-Muslims.
In 2003, however, the Israeli government unilaterally decided -- despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department -- to allow non-Muslim visitors into the mosque complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers -- usually protected by Israeli security forces -- while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews, for their part, refer to the area as the "Temple Mount", claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Precedent
Those who warn of an Israeli plan to partition Al-Aqsa between Muslims and Jews point to the case of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), where such a plan has been successfully implemented.
In the early 1990s, Jewish settlers began visiting the mosque -- which they revere as the "Tomb of the Patriarchs" -- in increasing numbers, leading to occasional clashes with Palestinian Muslim worshippers. Then, on Feb. 25, 1994, extremist Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein walked into the mosque and opened fire on Muslim worshipers performing dawn prayers. Twenty-nine Palestinians were killed in the carnage, sparking large demonstrations across the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli government condemned the act, but nevertheless seized the opportunity to partition the mosque complex between Muslims and Jews -- an arrangement that remains in place until now.
‘Status quo’
Late last month, amid spiraling Israeli-Palestinian violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to maintain the "status quo" at Al-Aqsa by retaining the longstanding practice of prohibiting non-Muslim prayer at the flashpoint site.
"Israel reaffirms its commitment to upholding unchanged the status quo of the Temple Mount, in word and in practice," he said in a statement.
He added: "Israel will continue to enforce its longstanding policy: Muslims pray on the Temple Mount; non-Muslims visit the Temple Mount."
And last week, Netanyahu expressly declared that there was no plan to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.
Yet despite these reassurances, many Palestinians believe the Israeli authorities hope to eventually partition the mosque complex, similar to what they did at Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque.
"The Palestinian side has called on Israel to maintain the status quo at the mosque," Ahmed Qurei, who is responsible for the Jerusalem file at the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Anadolu Agency.
"This not only means refraining from dividing Al-Aqsa temporally and spatially between Muslims and Jews, but also forbidding Jewish settlers from staging incursions into the site," he added.
According to Qurei, Netanyahu’s recent pledges to maintain the status quo "have not stopped scores of Jewish settlers from forcing their way every day [into the mosque compound] under the protection of the Israeli police and army".
He added: "We believe Israel aims to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque… by allowing Jewish settlers to make tours [of the mosque compound], and some of these settlers attempt to perform Talmudic rituals."
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, he said, "will not allow Israel to divide Al-Aqsa, which is a part of our Muslim heritage and will remain so".
‘Third Temple’ fears
According to Najeh Bkierat, head of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s manuscripts department, Israel has three goals regarding Al-Aqsa.
The first, he said, is to lay siege to the site by setting up security checkpoints and confiscating surrounding property, while the second is to divide the mosque compound itself "temporally and spatially" between Muslims and Jews.
The final objective, Bkierat said, echoing a common Palestinian fear, was to build a Jewish "Third Temple" on the site where the Al-Aqsa Mosque currently stands.
Bkierat, however, went on to assert that Israel would ultimately fail to do at Al-Aqsa what it did at Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque, stressing Al-Aqsa’s enormous importance for Muslims worldwide -- and the massive resistance such a move would engender. Editor's note: Christians outside of the Levant remain divided on the issue, as biblical end times prophecy states: "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." ~Revelation 21:22
The current round of violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- in which scores of Palestinians have been killed so far -- was initially triggered by a series of clashes in the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, regarded as sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
World Bulletin/Al Ray reports that those clashes were largely precipitated by large groups of Jewish settlers who -- usually accompanied by Israeli security forces -- frequently forced their way into the mosque compound.
While Jewish settlers have been allowed into the Al-Aqsa compound in greater and greater numbers -- where they often perform "Talmudic rituals" despite a longstanding ban on non-Muslim worship -- the entry of Palestinian Muslim worshipers to the site has been increasingly restricted by the Israeli authorities.
According to Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Supreme Islamic Council and former Mufti of Jerusalem, the twin moves -- allowing large numbers of Jews into Al-Aqsa while barring Muslims -- is part of an Israeli plan to "partition" the site "temporally and spatially" between worshippers of the two faiths. From the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem in 1967 until 2000, Jerusalem’s Department of Islamic Endowments -- run by next-door Jordan -- has been solely responsible for the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and for regulating visits to the site by non-Muslims.
In September of 2000, a visit to Al-Aqsa by controversial Israeli leader Ariel Sharon -- accompanied by a large delegation and hundreds of Israeli riot police -- sparked what later became known as the "Second Intifada", a years-long popular Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation.
In the wake of Sharon’s contentious visit, the Department of Islamic Endowments banned visits to the site by non-Muslims.
In 2003, however, the Israeli government unilaterally decided -- despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department -- to allow non-Muslim visitors into the mosque complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers -- usually protected by Israeli security forces -- while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
For Muslims, Al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews, for their part, refer to the area as the "Temple Mount", claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Precedent
Those who warn of an Israeli plan to partition Al-Aqsa between Muslims and Jews point to the case of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), where such a plan has been successfully implemented.
In the early 1990s, Jewish settlers began visiting the mosque -- which they revere as the "Tomb of the Patriarchs" -- in increasing numbers, leading to occasional clashes with Palestinian Muslim worshippers. Then, on Feb. 25, 1994, extremist Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein walked into the mosque and opened fire on Muslim worshipers performing dawn prayers. Twenty-nine Palestinians were killed in the carnage, sparking large demonstrations across the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli government condemned the act, but nevertheless seized the opportunity to partition the mosque complex between Muslims and Jews -- an arrangement that remains in place until now.
‘Status quo’
Late last month, amid spiraling Israeli-Palestinian violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to maintain the "status quo" at Al-Aqsa by retaining the longstanding practice of prohibiting non-Muslim prayer at the flashpoint site.
"Israel reaffirms its commitment to upholding unchanged the status quo of the Temple Mount, in word and in practice," he said in a statement.
He added: "Israel will continue to enforce its longstanding policy: Muslims pray on the Temple Mount; non-Muslims visit the Temple Mount."
And last week, Netanyahu expressly declared that there was no plan to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.
Yet despite these reassurances, many Palestinians believe the Israeli authorities hope to eventually partition the mosque complex, similar to what they did at Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque.
"The Palestinian side has called on Israel to maintain the status quo at the mosque," Ahmed Qurei, who is responsible for the Jerusalem file at the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Anadolu Agency.
"This not only means refraining from dividing Al-Aqsa temporally and spatially between Muslims and Jews, but also forbidding Jewish settlers from staging incursions into the site," he added.
According to Qurei, Netanyahu’s recent pledges to maintain the status quo "have not stopped scores of Jewish settlers from forcing their way every day [into the mosque compound] under the protection of the Israeli police and army".
He added: "We believe Israel aims to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque… by allowing Jewish settlers to make tours [of the mosque compound], and some of these settlers attempt to perform Talmudic rituals."
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, he said, "will not allow Israel to divide Al-Aqsa, which is a part of our Muslim heritage and will remain so".
‘Third Temple’ fears
According to Najeh Bkierat, head of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s manuscripts department, Israel has three goals regarding Al-Aqsa.
The first, he said, is to lay siege to the site by setting up security checkpoints and confiscating surrounding property, while the second is to divide the mosque compound itself "temporally and spatially" between Muslims and Jews.
The final objective, Bkierat said, echoing a common Palestinian fear, was to build a Jewish "Third Temple" on the site where the Al-Aqsa Mosque currently stands.
Bkierat, however, went on to assert that Israel would ultimately fail to do at Al-Aqsa what it did at Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque, stressing Al-Aqsa’s enormous importance for Muslims worldwide -- and the massive resistance such a move would engender. Editor's note: Christians outside of the Levant remain divided on the issue, as biblical end times prophecy states: "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." ~Revelation 21:22
9 nov 2015
A group of Israeli settlers stormed Monday al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli-controlled al-Magaribeh Gate under heavy police protection.
Eyewitnesses said that around 40 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa compound in total provocation to the Muslim worshipers who started shouting Takbeer protesting against the settlers’ presence in the Islamic holy site.
Israeli police had tightened since the early morning hours restrictions on Palestinians’ access into the Mosque, confiscating the identity cards of dozens of worshipers.
The sources pointed out that Israeli police forces intensified their presence throughout the Old City and all streets leading to al-Aqsa. Video
Eyewitnesses said that around 40 Israeli settlers broke into al-Aqsa compound in total provocation to the Muslim worshipers who started shouting Takbeer protesting against the settlers’ presence in the Islamic holy site.
Israeli police had tightened since the early morning hours restrictions on Palestinians’ access into the Mosque, confiscating the identity cards of dozens of worshipers.
The sources pointed out that Israeli police forces intensified their presence throughout the Old City and all streets leading to al-Aqsa. Video
Jewish settlers Sunday desecrated the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under tightened security measures by Israeli police.
Meanwhile, Muslim worshipers and sit-inners confronted settlers by chanting “Allah the Greatest”.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli soldiers along with policemen deliberately confiscated the IDs of Palestinian youths at their entry to al-Aqsa Mosque and tightened security and search measures.
Israeli police in the morning intensified its deployment at the streets and roads of the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem leading the Muslims’ holy site of al-Aqsa Mosque, according to eyewitnesses.
Meanwhile, Muslim worshipers and sit-inners confronted settlers by chanting “Allah the Greatest”.
The PIC reporter revealed that Israeli soldiers along with policemen deliberately confiscated the IDs of Palestinian youths at their entry to al-Aqsa Mosque and tightened security and search measures.
Israeli police in the morning intensified its deployment at the streets and roads of the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem leading the Muslims’ holy site of al-Aqsa Mosque, according to eyewitnesses.
8 nov 2015
Israeli archaeologist Meir Ben-Dov called for ceasing ongoing Israeli excavations in Occupied Jerusalem city and giving up fantasies about the construction of an alleged temple mount.
The Jerusalem Weekly quoted Meir Ben-Dov as stating: “We should be wise. We shouldn’t carry out actions that would flame tension in the region.”
The archaeologist pushed for immediately giving up illusions on the construction of a third temple mount on the ruins of Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“Excavations should stop to prevent an imminent destruction,” he said.
He further called for halting visits to the al-Aqsa Mosque and to adopt the Jewish edict banning access to the "temple mount" (Aqsa Mosque).
An anti-occupation Jerusalem Uprising has started since early October in protest at Israel’s desecration schemes and sacrilegious break-ins at the al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
The Jerusalem Weekly quoted Meir Ben-Dov as stating: “We should be wise. We shouldn’t carry out actions that would flame tension in the region.”
The archaeologist pushed for immediately giving up illusions on the construction of a third temple mount on the ruins of Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“Excavations should stop to prevent an imminent destruction,” he said.
He further called for halting visits to the al-Aqsa Mosque and to adopt the Jewish edict banning access to the "temple mount" (Aqsa Mosque).
An anti-occupation Jerusalem Uprising has started since early October in protest at Israel’s desecration schemes and sacrilegious break-ins at the al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam.
7 nov 2015
Sheikh Mohamed Salim, an Aqsa Mosque preacher, has strongly denounced the recent Israeli official calls for restoring the status quo at the Mosque and keeping the situation there as it used to be before the current intifada (uprising).
"Such [Israeli] statements are contrary to all historical and religious facts as well as the international laws because they claim that the Aqsa Mosque is the temple mount and that the Muslims will be allowed to pray inside it and the non-Muslims to visit it," Sheikh Salim said during his Friday Khutba at the Aqsa Mosque.
"Allah has named it the Aqsa Mosque, so how come they are belying their God and claim it is the temple mount?"
He also emphasized that "supervising the Aqsa Mosque and the Muslims' entry to it are the responsibility of the Muslims alone and any others have no right to it in any way."
"What do you aim to achieve through maintaining the status quo at the Aqsa Mosque? Is it to keep the key of al-Maghariba Gate in the hands of the police? Is it to allow the settlers to enter the Mosque's plateaus every morning and stay there until afternoon to perform rituals and desecrate its sanctity? Is it to let the police and the military patrol its courtyards and stand at its gates in order to assault its guards and the Muslims inside it?" Sheikh Salim questioned.
He stressed that "the status quo which the Muslims want at the Aqsa Mosque is the one that existed before 1967, when it was under the protection of Arabs and Muslims."
"This is the status quo that we need for the Aqsa Mosque because it will prevent further bloodshed and stop the assaults on the honor of the Muslim women. It is the situation that will achieve peace and security," the preacher said.
"Such [Israeli] statements are contrary to all historical and religious facts as well as the international laws because they claim that the Aqsa Mosque is the temple mount and that the Muslims will be allowed to pray inside it and the non-Muslims to visit it," Sheikh Salim said during his Friday Khutba at the Aqsa Mosque.
"Allah has named it the Aqsa Mosque, so how come they are belying their God and claim it is the temple mount?"
He also emphasized that "supervising the Aqsa Mosque and the Muslims' entry to it are the responsibility of the Muslims alone and any others have no right to it in any way."
"What do you aim to achieve through maintaining the status quo at the Aqsa Mosque? Is it to keep the key of al-Maghariba Gate in the hands of the police? Is it to allow the settlers to enter the Mosque's plateaus every morning and stay there until afternoon to perform rituals and desecrate its sanctity? Is it to let the police and the military patrol its courtyards and stand at its gates in order to assault its guards and the Muslims inside it?" Sheikh Salim questioned.
He stressed that "the status quo which the Muslims want at the Aqsa Mosque is the one that existed before 1967, when it was under the protection of Arabs and Muslims."
"This is the status quo that we need for the Aqsa Mosque because it will prevent further bloodshed and stop the assaults on the honor of the Muslim women. It is the situation that will achieve peace and security," the preacher said.
6 nov 2015
Three groups of Jewish settlers Thursday stormed the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque in response to Jewish calls for performing Talmudic rituals at the Muslims’ holy site.
Jerusalemite media sources revealed that 36 settlers desecrated and roamed the courtyards of the Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. Muslim worshipers confronted the Israeli settlers’ incursion by chanting “Allah the Greatest”.
Israeli police confiscated the IDs of worshipers who had been sitting-in at the Aqsa since the morning hours in order to confront Jewish settlers.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) had boosted its restrictions against the Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israeli policemen rounded up a youngster after assaulting him and took him to an investigation center in the Old City of Jerusalem for driving a tractor in the area.
Jerusalemite media sources revealed that 36 settlers desecrated and roamed the courtyards of the Mosque under the protection of Israeli police. Muslim worshipers confronted the Israeli settlers’ incursion by chanting “Allah the Greatest”.
Israeli police confiscated the IDs of worshipers who had been sitting-in at the Aqsa since the morning hours in order to confront Jewish settlers.
The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) had boosted its restrictions against the Palestinians in Occupied Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israeli policemen rounded up a youngster after assaulting him and took him to an investigation center in the Old City of Jerusalem for driving a tractor in the area.
4 nov 2015
32 Israeli extremist settlers Wednesday stormed, in groups, the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque, in Occupied Jerusalem, under heavy police protection via the Maghareba Gate.
The Muslim sit-inners and worshipers chanted “Allah the Greatest” in order to confront settlers’ incursion into the Muslims’ holy site.
Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli policemen have secured settlers for several rounds for no less than half an hour for each group in the early morning hours.
One of the guards of the Aqsa Mosque confronted a Jewish settler who tried to perform Talmudic rituals inside the Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli police protective measures.
The Muslim sit-inners and worshipers chanted “Allah the Greatest” in order to confront settlers’ incursion into the Muslims’ holy site.
Eyewitnesses revealed that Israeli policemen have secured settlers for several rounds for no less than half an hour for each group in the early morning hours.
One of the guards of the Aqsa Mosque confronted a Jewish settler who tried to perform Talmudic rituals inside the Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli police protective measures.
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The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Tuesday threatened to knock down the al-Qaaqaa Mosque, in Jerusalem’s town of Silwan, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Member of the mosque’s supervision personnel, Sheikh Hani Abu Tayeh, said the objection to the demolition order, issued on October 7, expires by November 7. He said the mosque’s committee will appeal to the Israeli court to nullify the order, but a lawyer should be appointed to that very end. He urged the Islamic Waqf (Endowment) Department, in its status as the |
guardian of Islamic mosques, to appoint a lawyer to contest the demolition order.
Abu Tayeh added that the committee received a similar order on August 20.
The mosque’s committee has paid all electricity and water dues and is ready to pay all the fees emanating from any projected legal procedures, he further stated.
Israel to demolish mosque, commercial facility in Silwan
Wadi Helewh Information Center revealed that Israeli municipality Tuesday issued
orders to demolish al-Qaqaa Mosque and a car washing shop in Silwan town to the south of the Aqsa Mosque for lacking construction permits.
In a statement on Wednesday, the center disclosed that Israeli forces took photos of some of the housing and commercial facilities, the streets and entrances of neighborhoods in Silwan.
The mosque which area is estimated at 120 square meters was established three years ago. Five thousand of the town’s inhabitants use the mosque for performing their religious prayers, the center pointed out.
Earlier in the morning, clashes in Ras al-Amoud district broke out in response to Israeli shooting of sound bombs at school students. The IOF soldiers closed the barrier of Ras al-Amoud without a prior notice which forced Palestinian passengers to take bypass roads.
Abu Tayeh added that the committee received a similar order on August 20.
The mosque’s committee has paid all electricity and water dues and is ready to pay all the fees emanating from any projected legal procedures, he further stated.
Israel to demolish mosque, commercial facility in Silwan
Wadi Helewh Information Center revealed that Israeli municipality Tuesday issued
orders to demolish al-Qaqaa Mosque and a car washing shop in Silwan town to the south of the Aqsa Mosque for lacking construction permits.
In a statement on Wednesday, the center disclosed that Israeli forces took photos of some of the housing and commercial facilities, the streets and entrances of neighborhoods in Silwan.
The mosque which area is estimated at 120 square meters was established three years ago. Five thousand of the town’s inhabitants use the mosque for performing their religious prayers, the center pointed out.
Earlier in the morning, clashes in Ras al-Amoud district broke out in response to Israeli shooting of sound bombs at school students. The IOF soldiers closed the barrier of Ras al-Amoud without a prior notice which forced Palestinian passengers to take bypass roads.
Tension ran high Tuesday morning at the Aqsa Mosque in the wake of Jews’ attempt to steal stones and soil of the Mosque and perform Talmudic rituals at the eastern side of the holy site.
Eyewitnesses revealed that a group of Jewish settlers pretended to be foreigners and wore Jews’ kippahs. They provoked the guards of the Aqsa Mosque along with Muslim worshipers by performing Talmudic rituals in the Aqsa leading to altercations between both sides.
The manager of the Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar Kiswani condemned settlers’ provocative practices at the Aqsa Mosque and said that he filed a complaint with the Jordanian ministry of endowment asking for immediate intervention in order to end such violations.
Sheikh Kiswani underlined that Israeli incursions into the Aqsa Mosque never stopped, adding that Israeli policemen are still barring Palestinian women and youths from smooth entry and prayer at the Muslims' holy site.
Eyewitnesses revealed that a group of Jewish settlers pretended to be foreigners and wore Jews’ kippahs. They provoked the guards of the Aqsa Mosque along with Muslim worshipers by performing Talmudic rituals in the Aqsa leading to altercations between both sides.
The manager of the Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar Kiswani condemned settlers’ provocative practices at the Aqsa Mosque and said that he filed a complaint with the Jordanian ministry of endowment asking for immediate intervention in order to end such violations.
Sheikh Kiswani underlined that Israeli incursions into the Aqsa Mosque never stopped, adding that Israeli policemen are still barring Palestinian women and youths from smooth entry and prayer at the Muslims' holy site.
