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Their own photo at the link shows a group of Jews slowly strolling across the Temple platform, clearly not storming anything despite Al Ahram histrionics. Still, there are some facts buried underneath the snowstorm of propaganda. [AlAhram] Scores of Israeli settlers guarded by police stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, in what has become a routine occurrence, Paleostine News agency (WAFA) reported.
The Israeli settlers entered the compound through the Moroccan Gate (Al-Maghariba) in groups to pray.
The Islamic Waqf, the Jordan-run authority in charge of the holy site, has repeatedly described the settlers' presence in al-Aqsa Mosque as a provocation against Paleostinian worshippers, who feel unsafe.
Under a longstanding status quo, non-Moslems can visit the site at specific times but are not allowed to pray there.
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Israeli settlers and politicians routinely violate the arrangement under heavy police protection. On 4 June, Israeli settlers led by krazed killer Israeli rabbi and MP Yehuda Glick stormed the compound to pray. Before that, on 21 May, Israel's right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the holy site.
These incidents reached a head in April when Israeli police assaulted the mosque, which had been occupied by Paleostinian worshippers, injuring at least 50 and arresting hundreds.
Paleostinians see these acts of settler violence as part of the Israeli governments efforts, under Benjamin Netanyahu's new nationalist-religious coalition, to "Judaize" Jerusalem and the Paleostinian territories beyond the confines of the al-Aqsa Mosque.
SETTLER VIOLENCE
On Sunday morning, Israeli settlers grazed their sheep on Paleostinian groves in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron in the West Bank, causing significant destruction to crops, according to WAFA.
"Local Paleostinians were denied access into their own lands by the Israeli occupation army during the presence of the settlers," WAFA said.
Israeli settlers also attacked Paleostinian civilians in the neighborhoods of Wadi Hasin and Jaber in Hebron.
A WAFA correspondent said Israeli settlers, protected by the army, attacked residents of the two neighbourhoods with stones and dogs, injuring an unknown number of Paleostinians.
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