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Israeli police enter al-Aqsa as Jewish visits resume

2022-05-06

[Naharnet] Israeli police entered a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem to clear away Paleostinian protesters on Thursday, after Jewish visits that had been paused for the Moslem holidays resumed.

Ramadan is over. Back to normal for all, thank goodness.

Recent weeks have seen several rounds of festivities at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site for Moslems, which is built on a hilltop that is the holiest site for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. It lies at the emotional heart of the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.

As the visits resumed, dozens of Paleostinians gathered, chanting "God is greatest."

That’d be the outlawed Murabitun, a joint project of the Islamic Movement - Northern Branch (the militant arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel) and Hamas (the Muslim Brotherhood in the Palestinian Territories). They are mostly masked yoots paid to camp out in the Al Aqsa mosque in shifts, gathering stones and other objects to hurl at the Israeli police and Jewish visitors to the Temple Mound while shouting “Allahu Akhbar, etc” to remind them who is the true beloved of Allah...

Scuffles broke out when the police went to arrest one of them. Police fired rubber-coated bullets on the sprawling esplanade as some Paleostinians sheltered inside the mosque itself. The police could later be seen just inside an entrance to the mosque.

The police said they responded to dozens of people who were shouting incitement and throwing stones, and that one police officer was lightly injured.

But unlike in previous confrontations, Paleostinian witnesses said there was no sign of rock-throwing initially. Some of those who sheltered inside the mosque began throwing stones when police started to enter the building. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.

Under informal arrangements known as the status quo, Jews are allowed to visit the site but not pray there. In recent years, they have visited in ever-increasing numbers with police escorts and many have discreetly prayed, angering the Paleostinians as well as neighboring Jordan, which is the custodian of the site. The Paleostinians have long feared that Israel plans to eventually take over the site or partition it.

Israel says it is committed to maintaining the status quo, and accuses the Islamic murderous Moslem group Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, of inciting the recent violence.

The visits, by mostly nationalist and religious Jews, resumed Thursday after being paused for the last 10 days of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Thursday is also Israel's Independence Day, and in recent days fringe groups had called on Jewish worshippers to celebrate by waving Israeli flags at the holy site. The calls were widely circulated by Paleostinians on social media, along with calls to confront any such display.

The Times of Israel has more, including that Israeli police arrested 21 Arab miscreants.

Posted by:Fred

#1 Can't somebody design a chain-fed, rotary barrel thingy that fires these rubber coated buttplugs at 2000 rounds a minute? Good idea, no?

Posted by: Dron66046 2022-05-06 15:19

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