The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) handed an order on Wednesday to a Palestinian employee at the Awqaf (endowment) Department banning him from entering al-Aqsa Mosque.
The head of the information department at the Islamic Awqaf in Occupied Jerusalem Tareq al-Hashlamon said that the Israeli police handed him a decision ordering him to stay away from al-Aqsa Mosque for six months according to Quds Press news agency.
For his part the public relations and media official at the Islamic Awqaf Feras al-Debs said that the IOA has launched a campaign in the recent months targeting the Islamic Awqaf employees some of whom were banished and others were arrested.
Debs pointed out that four guards of al-Aqsa Mosque who work for the Islamic Awqaf Department returned to work on Wednesday after several days of banishment.
In a related development the Israeli police secured protection on Wednesday for 80 Israelis who broke into al-Aqsa courtyards from Bab al-Magharbeh which has been under full Israeli control since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967.
Feras al-Debs affirmed that 48 settlers including 14 members of the Israeli intelligence and 18 Jewish students stormed al-Aqsa courtyards in the morning hours.
