Israeli Minister Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Again
Firas al-Dibs, head of the Public Relations and Media Department at the Islamic Endowment (Waqf), said that Ariel along with dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the heavy protection of Israeli forces.
Al-Dibs added that Ariel along with the Israeli settlers stormed through the Moroccan Gate and toured the compound “provocatively.”
He said a large number of Israeli forces were deployed across the compound.
It is noteworthy that Ariel had previously stormed the compound in September.
The number of Israeli Knesset members who storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has increased the past few months after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to lift a ban that would previously not allow Israeli Knesset members to visit the compound every three months, after incursions were banned since October 2015.
Netanyahu allowed members of the Knesset, mostly right-wing extremists, who support the demolition of the Islamic site in order to build a Jewish temple instead, to visit the Al-Aqsa compound once every three months.
After Netanyahu lifted the ban, Palestinian Authority (PA) spokesman, Youssef al-Mahmoud, spoke out about the decision to lift the ban calling it a "serious provocation" and "encouraging harm to one of Islam’s holiest sites."
Source: Maan News Agency
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