Muslim protesters on Tuesday forced the Israeli occupation authorities to unlock Bab al-Rahma Gate which was recently-sealed by Israeli police inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Sources at the Islamic Awqaf Department announced that Israeli police removed the lock and chains they had placed a day earlier on the metal gate leading to Bab al-Rahma building on the eastern wall of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Simmering tensions flared up near and at al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli police closed the metal gate and detained Muslim worshipers.
According to the same source the crisis was resolved following efforts by the Islamic authorities and contacts with the Jordanian government.
This came a day after Israeli military police sealed the metal gate leading to a large Waqf-owned structure near Bab al-Rahma also known as the Golden Gate a move that was perceived by Palestinian Muslim worshipers as a harbinger to division of the mosque and allocation of the eastern section for Israeli Jewish settlers.
Bab al-Rahma is an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound which is under the sovereignty of the Jordanian Waqf authorities.
