OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The Union of Institutions Working for Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque has warned that the formation of a new Israeli government under Gadi Eisenkot would not necessarily bring an end to settler break-ins and violations at the Aqsa Mosque.
In a recent analysis published by the Jerusalem Center for Research and Studies, Nasser Abu Mohamed, deputy head of the union, warned that settler violations could take a different form in the coming period, shifting from overt provocative acts to the gradual establishment of new faits accomplis inside the Aqsa Mosque compound.
Abu Mohamed stressed that the desecration of the Aqsa Mosque by settlers is no longer linked solely to Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, but has evolved into a policy adopted by religious and nationalist movements within Israel.
Abu Mohamed expressed his belief that settler violations at the Aqsa Mosque are likely to continue regardless of who leads the next Israeli occupation government.
He suggested that an Eisenkot-led government might curb high-profile settler provocations during the early stages of his tenure to minimize international backlash, given Israel’s growing isolation, adding that this potential change in tactics would not alter Israel’s overall position on sovereignty over Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.
