Palestinians arrested, injured as far-right Jews enter Al-Aqsa

Ultranationalist Jews entered below Israeli police safety, with restrictions imposed on Palestinian motion on the holy web site in occupied East Jerusalem.

Jewish ultranationalists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli soldiers
Ultranationalist Jews have known as for the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the development of what has been known as the Third Temple [Jerusalem Islamic Waqf/Anadolu Agency]

Tons of of ultranationalist Jews have entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem – below the safety of Israeli authorities – for the second day in a row, as Israeli police attacked Palestinians gathered within the compound and prevented others from getting into.

The Palestinian Crimson Crescent says at the very least three Palestinians have been injured on Monday by Israeli forces, whereas journalists reported that 10 others have been arrested in and across the compound. Israeli forces have been seen utilizing batons to assault Palestinian girls and aged males, in addition to journalists.

Palestinian journalists reported on Monday that at the very least 264 ultranationalist Israelis had entered the compound – one of many holiest websites in Islam and a Palestinian nationwide image – in Jerusalem’s Previous Metropolis, which Israel occupied and illegally annexed in 1967. On Sunday, greater than 400 had entered.

The variety of ultranationalist Jews – supporters of Israel’s settler motion – getting into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound elevated on Sunday and Monday in mild of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New 12 months, which is from September 25 to 27 this 12 months.

A few of those that entered prayed on the web site, regardless of a basic consensus amongst Orthodox Jews that Jewish prayer will not be allowed within the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Jewish prayer on the web site, which is often known as the Temple Mount to Jews, is seen as provocative by Palestinians, and a reversal of a decades-long consensus to not enable the apply.

That has led to rising stress with Palestinians, who worry makes an attempt by far-right Jews to take over the location. Some far-right Jews have overtly expressed a need to demolish Muslim buildings within the Al-Aqsa compound to make method for what's known as the Third Temple.

Palestinians had gathered within the compound in an try and defend the location.

An aged Palestinian man, Abubakr al-Shimi, was hospitalised after struggling head accidents when he was pushed to the bottom by Israeli police in an incident that was filmed.

Israeli forces pushed away medical employees who tried to deal with al-Shimi.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren, reporting from occupied East Jerusalem, mentioned that the violence occurred “regularly” and that it was “seemingly pointless”.

Members of the press have been additionally attacked, with the top of the Turkish Anadolu Company workplace in Jerusalem, Anas Janli, pushed to the bottom in an altercation with police.

Israeli forces started proscribing Palestinian entry into the compound after daybreak Muslim prayers at 6am (03:00 GMT). Entry of ultranationalist Jews started about an hour later and continued on into the afternoon, till about 2pm (11:00 GMT).

Palestinians below the age of 40 have been banned from getting into the mosque, whereas dozens gathered on the Chain Gate (Bab al-Silsila) and the Lion’s Gate (Bab al-Asbat), prayed, and protested.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned what it known as the “storming” of the mosque compound.

The spokesman for the PA presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, mentioned “the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the occupation and its settlers comes throughout the framework of the Israeli escalation towards our individuals, their land and their holy websites,” and warned that the “continuation of those practices will result in an explosion of the state of affairs and extra stress and violence.”

Abu Rudeineh held the Israeli authorities “absolutely liable for this harmful escalation and its repercussions”.

Elsewhere, within the southern occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Hebron, Palestinians confronted extra restrictions associated to the Jewish New 12 months.

Al Jazeera’s Walid al-Omari reported that the town’s well-known Al-Ibrahimi Mosque, which has been divided between Palestinians and Jewish settlers, had been absolutely closed off to Palestinians throughout Rosh Hashanah, the fourth such closure of the mosque this 12 months.

The mosque is thought to Jews because the “Tomb of the Patriarchs”.

Final 12 months, escalating tensions across the expulsion of Palestinian households from their properties in Jerusalem have been the catalyst for widespread Palestinian protests throughout Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

Raids of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli safety forces throughout the holy month of Ramadan heightened tensions additional, and 4 days later, an 11-day Israeli assault on Gaza started.

Al Jazeera’s Hendren mentioned it's anticipated there will likely be armed escorts of ultranationalist Jews will enhance within the coming days, as “these are the excessive holy days within the Jewish calendar”.

“Subsequent week there's Yom Kippur, the holiest day within the Jewish calendar – the day of atonement, so we are able to anticipate extra visits to the [Al-Aqsa] mosque,” Hendren mentioned.

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