The Palestinian presidency warned on Sunday that settlers would continue to storm the Al-Aqsa mosque east of Jerusalem and turn the conflict into a religious one.
He blamed presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina, "the Israeli government is responsible for storming the Al-Aqsa courtyards and attacking worshipers," warning that this "acts to fuel the situation and increase tension to drag the region to the square of violence."
Abu Rudeineh stressed the need to stop violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing that it is a red line that cannot be tolerated in the face of repeated attacks by the occupation and its settlers.
Abu Rudeineh praised the Palestinians´ steadfastness in the face of the Israeli incursions and attacks.
The Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem said in a statement earlier today, that dozens of settlers "stormed" the mosque through the "door of the Moroccans" and wandered provocatively in the courtyards heavily guarded by Israeli police.
The settlers stormed the mosque, one of the world´s largest and most sacred mosques, following calls by Jewish settler groups to coincide with the Jewish holiday of the throne. .
The Palestinians want to declare East Jerusalem, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque, the capital of their future state, while Israel insists that unified Jerusalem be its capital.
