Hundreds of settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, this morning, with heavy guard from the occupation police and its heavily armed Israeli special forces, who assaulted worshipers, and arrested 9 holy men stationed in Al-Aqsa, and assaulted the stationers who confronted For the incursions of the settlers who carried out mass incursions during the so-called "ruin of the Temple", which was approved "on the day of Arafat".
The Council of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites in Jerusalem sounded alarm bells, saying: The invasion of Al-Aqsa Mosque today is one of the worst violations carried out by settler groups with the support of the occupation authorities.
In an urgent statement during the storming, the council said: On the day of the completion of this religion and the completion of the blessing of the Muslims on the day of ´Arafah, the extremes of extremism will descend on the desecration of their most sacred sanctuary and in the land blessed by God, and under the pretext of ruining an alleged temple, they wreaked corruption in the most holy houses of God, so are there any Answerer, O servants of God. "
He added: "O nation of Islam, the occupation police and their security arms, and behind them, extremist groups have reached a limit of succession and arrogance every amount. After the inflammatory calls by extremist groups to invest religious occasions as a platform to sanctify the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and what the occupation police have succeeded in implementing a series of repressive measures The blatant violations, starting with turning a blind eye to these abhorrent invitations, and not less serious ones are providing all the reasons for support and protection for these extremist groups in storming the mosque and turning a blind eye to their performance of Talmudic prayers and rituals in the pure mosque, and all this by converting the courtyards of the mosque into a military barracks filled with various Its military, security, and intelligence units coincided with the imposition of a blockade applied to the entire holy city and the old city, and to tightening its repressive measures at the doors of the mosque by holding the identity cards of worshipers and other arbitrary practices.
In its statement, the Awqaf Council affirmed its absolute rejection of all these arbitrary measures on the pretext of Jewish holidays, "These practices will not become a transitory event at any time, nor have they established any aggressor rights to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque."
The Islamic Endowments Council considered this systematic escalation as a link in a continuous series of violations aimed at destabilizing the historical, legal and religious status quo in the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque for a long time, which requires sounding alarm bells and laying out the ranks at the level of the governments and peoples of the Islamic world.
The Council said: "Despite this siege and these practices, we will remain on our covenant and bond in Jerusalem and the treasures of Jerusalem, and we will remain loyal to Jerusalem and its maximum."
He added: The blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is the property of Muslims alone, and neither will it accept division or partnership with its 144 dunum area.
The Islamic Waqfs said: Yesterday morning, the Israeli police and special forces, using the armed forces methodology, enabled 6 groups of settlers and extremists in the morning to storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the number of participants in each group ranged between 18 to 25 settlers, and was leading a number of groups members of the organizations Alleged temple groups, rabbis and Knesset members.
The Islamic Waqfs confirmed that 850 settlers stormed the mosque during the morning period, during which there were many violations, attacks on worshipers and prayers, and violations of the sanctity of the mosque by the police and special forces.
The Islamic Daily Endowments report on the incursions indicated that the second evening period of the incursions after Dhuhr prayer was attended by 198 extremists, and thus the total of the extremists storming for the morning and evening periods is 1048 intruders.
The Endowments reported that settler groups carried out provocative tours in the corridors of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and they received explanations about the alleged "Temple" and performed public Talmudic prayers off the Dome of the Rock and the "Bab Al-Rahma" chapel, under strict police guard.
She emphasized that during these incursions, the settlement groups and the alleged Temple groups carried out hysterical activities and carried out lying down on the ground, and groups recited silent prayers, vibrations and movements, and one of the settlers tried to raise the Israeli flag in the northeastern area of ​​the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in front of the police officers who were accompanying and protecting these violations .
The Israeli police deployed hundreds of its members in the Mughrabi Gate and inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to organize and protect violations of settlers and the alleged Temple Mount groups with the help and support of special forces elements inside and outside the Al-Aqsa and along the path of incursions into the mosque, and in return continued to impose strict measures on the entrance of worshipers and stationers to the mosque for prayers on a day Arafa, and the identities of many of the worshipers were booked at the doors and they were exhumed in the worshipers´ bags and their belongings.
The police and armed forces forced the worshipers to move away and evacuate the Bab al-Rahma area to enable settlers to perform their Talmudic prayers in the area, and three young men and a woman were beaten and pushed, and the police assaulted a group of young men present at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, arrested 9 of them and took them to the "Shalim" center To investigate ancient Jerusalem behind the Khalidiya Library.
It is noteworthy that the Old City and the doors of the Al-Aqsa Mosque have been exposed since the dawn of today to a series of violations and intrusions by extremists and alleged temple groups who gathered at dawn in front of the door of Al-Gawanmeh north of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and tried to pray in front of it, but the young people of the old town attended and expelled them from the door of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Another group repeated at the same time the establishment of Talmudic rituals and prayers in front of the Iron Gate, the western door of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, about what the settlers call "Al-Kutil Hactan" - the small cry near Hosh Al-Shihabi, but the youth of the Old City and many of the worshipers confronted and expelled them, and a clash occurred between the youth of the town The old and the settlers supported by the occupation police and his special forces.
Clashes also erupted between the Israeli police and Jerusalemite youths in several areas in and around Old Jerusalem, the most violent of which was in Bab al-Amoud and the Valley, and at the entrance to the Qattanin Market leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque when settler and racist groups attempted to organize dance and prayer episodes where the youth of the Holy City confronted them.
The extremist Arnon Sejal, one of the leaders of the far-right, posted a video on Facebook raising the Israeli flag over the Bab al-Rahma area, celebrating, saying: "The Temple Mount is really in our hands."
In the same context, the Israeli police deported the guard of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque Muhannad Al-Ansari a week from the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, to return after a week to receive the decision to renew the deportation, according to the decision of the Commander of the Old City Police.
In turn, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs condemned the continued Israeli violations of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque / the Noble Sanctuary, and the Israeli authorities allowing hundreds of Jewish extremists to carry out raids into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque with the protection of the Israeli police.
The ministry’s spokesperson, Ambassador Dhaifallah Ali Al-Fayez, affirmed in a statement that what happened in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is an absurd, irresponsible and unacceptable act that is a provocation to the feelings of Muslims throughout the world, and a flagrant violation of Israel’s obligations as the occupying power in accordance with international law
Al-Fayez warned against the consequences of the continuation of these violations, and demanded to stop them, and respect the historical and legal status quo, stressing that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is a mosque devoted to Muslims with a full area of ​​144 dunums, and that the Department of Jerusalem Endowments and the affairs of the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the Jordanian exclusive authority responsible for and organizing Entering it and supervising its affairs, calling on the international community to carry out its responsibilities and move to pressure Israel to stop violations in violation of the status quo and international law
And that the ministry today sent a formal protest note through diplomatic channels, and demanded that Israel, as the occupying Power, respect the sanctity of the mosque and the feelings of worshipers, and stop provocations and violations.
