Zionist Settlers Take to Al-Aqsa Mosque Under Heavy Police Protection
Official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency reported that groups of ultra right-wing settlers entered the holy site and toured the vicinity, performing Talmudic rituals as Zionist regime police forces escorted them.
Following Israel’s occupation of East Quds in 1967, and subsequent annexation, Israel has maintained a compromise with the Islamic trust not to not allow non-Muslim prayers in the area.
Israeli forces nonetheless regularly escort Jewish visitors to the site, who often times carry out prayers in an attempt to challenge the status quo at Al-Aqsa, leading to tensions with Palestinian worshipers.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses the Al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.
Source: Maan
