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2024-03-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Police scuffle with worshipers outside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on 1st night of Ramadan
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[IsraelTimes] Officers seen assailing some with batons at entrance to site where thousands of Moslems prayed at start of fasting month
While thousands of Moslem worshipers entered the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem to pray on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan Sunday, coppers scuffled with some attendees at the entrance to the flashpoint Temple Mount site, according to a video circulating on social media.
The footage showed Israeli Border Police officers assailing some with batons at the entrance to the compound. In response to the video, Israel Police said it was working to "enable freedom of worship on the Temple Mount while at the same time ensuring safety and security, in accordance with instructions given by the politicianship."
It was not entirely clear what those instructions are.
Police said there was "increased inspection was carried out in the area" to detect threats and "prevent potential criminals, instigators and violators of public order, all for the sake of public peace and security, and the proper observance of Ramadan prayers."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged last week that the number of worshipers allowed to pray on the Temple Mount in the first week of Ramadan would be the same as in previous years and that no restrictions would be imposed on Israeli Arabs, overruling a previous decision by ultranationalist firebrand
...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments...
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the Israel Police.
Most of the Arab population of Jerusalem, however, does not hold Israeli citizenship, and can therefore be subject to stricter limitations.
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai was reportedly looking to limit attendance "in the initial stage" of Ramadan, adding that younger Arabs, whether Israeli or from East Jerusalem, are the main "agitators" and should therefore be barred.
Photos and videos filmed Sunday night and shared on X showed groups of young Moslem men who were refused access to the al-Aqsa compound praying in the alleys leading to it, and outside the walls of the Old City.
Ha’aretz reported that hundreds of young Paleostinians were prevented from accessing the site on Sunday night but that some managed to enter the compound with their parents or when police loosened the barriers due to pressure created by gatherings at the entrances.
According to the report, thousands of Moslem worshipers prayed at the site Sunday, with their numbers expected to swell over the coming days to reach tens of thousands on Friday.
Ramadan began Sunday as the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
cast a somber mood on normally festive preparations by Moslems, and ratcheted up fears of violence amid already sky-high tensions in the region.
Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of worshipers are expected every day at the flashpoint al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam. The compound sits atop the Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism where the two biblical temples stood.
The sacred Ramadan month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Moslem world. Religious authorities in Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
saw the crescent moon Sunday night, meaning Monday is the first day of the fast in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, as well as much of the rest of the Moslem world, though others, like Jordan, will begin the holy month Tuesday. 
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