OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.
According to local sources, at least 157 settlers entered the Mosque through its Maghariba Gate in the morning and provocatively toured its courtyards under police protection.
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 and prevented many of them from entering the holy site.
In a related development, the Hebrew media reported that Israeli security officials would submit to the political echelon a proposal recommending limited access for Muslim worshipers to the Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.
The Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the Israeli police recommended granting only 10,000 permits for Palestinian citizens from the occupied West Bank to enter the Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan.
These permits will be given to men over 55 and women over 50, KAN added.
