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 al-Qastal News, 188 settlers entered the Mosque today through its Maghariba Gate 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 in the eastern area of the Mosque.
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 serious and unprecedented escalation, over 4,039 Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque on Sunday to mark what they call the destruction of the alleged temple.
The Israeli occupation police, who escorted the settlers during their tours of the Mosque, prevented Muslim worshipers from entering their holy site and arrested three Islamic Awqaf guards from its courtyards.
Dozens of settlers also performed provocative prayers and practices in the Mosque’s courtyards and carried Israeli flags during their tours.
