OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied Jerusalem, has warned of Israeli intents to impose restrictions on the entry of Palestinian citizens to the Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.
In a statement on Monday, Sheikh Sabri affirmed that the Israeli occupation regime’s plan to empty the Aqsa Mosque of Muslim worshipers would lead the situation in the West Bank to explode.
For its part, the Hamas Movement has condemned the Israeli occupation government’s adoption of a proposal submitted by far-right security minister Itamar Ben Gvir calling for restricting the entry of Palestinian citizens to the Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, describing the step as “persistence in its criminal practices and its religious war on the Palestinian holy sites.”
In a statement, Hamas said that this Israeli decision is a violation of Muslim worshipers’ freedom of worship at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Movement urged the Palestinian citizens in 1948 occupied Palestine, Jerusalem and the West Bank to challenge this Israeli decision and march en masse to the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli government approved on Sunday a proposal restricting the entry of Palestinians living in Israel and Jerusalem to the Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu gave his approval to Ben Gvir’s recommendations despite security warnings that restrictions on Palestinians’ access to the Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan could add fuel to the fire.
