OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Dozens of Jewish settlers escorted by police forces desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday morning.
The settlers entered the Mosque in different groups through its Maghariba Gate and toured its courtyards under tight police protection, according to local sources.
During their tours at the Islamic holy site, the settlers received lectures from rabbis about the alleged temple mount and a number of them provocatively performed Talmudic prayers.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation police imposed movement and entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers at the Aqsa Mosque’s entrances and gates.
The Aqsa Mosque is exposed to daily desecration by Jewish settlers and police forces in the morning and the afternoon except on Fridays and Saturdays.
Recent months have an unprecedented increase in settler break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque and an increase in settler violations against the Islamic holy sites during Jewish holidays.
Meanwhile, Jerusalemite figures and activists have warned of accelerating Israeli attempts to Judaize the Mosque, and urged Muslim worshipers to intensify their presence at the holy site to protect it against desecration and Judaization.
In a related context, member of Hamas’s political bureau Haroun Nasiruddin has stressed the importance of the Jerusalemite citizens’ steadfastness in the face of the Israeli threats and attempts to displace them from Silwan district.
In a statement on Monday, Nasiruddin described Silwan district as “the southern shield of the Aqsa Mosque” and “its important fortress that prevents the infiltration of settlement projects into the Islamic holy site.”
The Hamas official stressed the need for pooling the efforts to foil the Israeli attempts and plans to Judaize Jerusalem and displace its native people.
