OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Large numbers of Israeli policemen and border guards escorted more than 60 fanatic Jewish settlers on a desecration tour of the holy Aqsa Mosque at an early hour Wednesday.
Azzam Al-Khatib director of occupied Jerusalem Awkaf said that the forces provoked the Muslim worshipers who were surprised at the step. He added that the settlers along with the policemen stormed the holy site through the Magharba gate that is under the control of the IOF troops ever since occupation of Jerusalem in 1967.
Khatib told PIC that the fanatic settlers toured the Aqsa Mosque for an hour under protection of those forces that blocked the Mosque guards from approaching the group.
The step follows calls by fanatic Jewish groups to storm the holy site during the Jewish Passover celebrations and to offer oblations there.
For its part the Aqsa foundation catering for Islamic holy shrines in Palestine called on the Muslim masses in the 1948 occupied areas to frequent the Mosque and to protect it in face of such attempts especially at the early morning hours when those groups deliberately choose to storm the Aqsa.
The foundation urged Muslims to offer the five daily prayers in the Mosque and to maintain constant presence there to block Jewish fanatics from storming it.
The occupied Jerusalem Awkaf addressed a protest message to the Israeli police condemning such a violation of the Aqsa sanctity. It described the step as a “provocation” of Muslim feelings warning that such a step infringed on the holiest Islamic shrine in Palestine.
