Israeli police offered protection to 57 Jewish settlers who stormed the plazas of al-Aqsa Mosque from al-Magharebah gate on Wednesday.
Local sources said that the settlers were escorted by 17 members of Israeli intelligence forces while roaming the courtyards of the Muslims’ holy shrine.
Earlier on Tuesday 4 guards of al-Aqsa Mosque were banned from entering the holy site: three for six months and one for 30 days.
Director of al-Aqsa Mosque Shiekh Omar al-Kiswani condemned the Israeli unjust ban-of-entry orders against al-Aqsa guards and labeling them as “danger to the public” as claimed by Israeli forces.
He reiterated that al-Aqsa Mosque is for Muslims only and that Israeli police have no right to bar the guards from accessing the holy site and fulfilling their duties.
Kiswani opined that the entry-ban orders aimed at paving the way for new measures to be pursued against the workers at the mosque. He stressed that the Jordanian Awqaf Ministry along with Islamic Endowment Department are going to follow up such Israeli orders in addition to legal follow up.
