Israeli policemen on Tuesday morning took hats off to Israeli settlers who defiled holy al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.
Jerusalem’s Awqaf Department Director-General Azzam al-Khatib slammed the Israeli police for boosting settler break-ins at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Awqaf Department said in a statement that the Israeli forces turned down a request by al-Khatib to halt settler break-ins and sacrilegious assaults at al-Aqsa.
Firas al-Dabs from al-Awqaf’s media office said two Israeli officers performed a military salute near the Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa in the presence of Israeli settlers.
The Israeli settlers performed a round of sacrilegious rituals stirring up further tension at the site.
Over recent weeks tension has been running high across Occupied Jerusalem due to the simmering Israeli break-ins at al-Aqsa and crackdowns on the peaceful Muslim worshipers.
Israel’s so-called Temple Mount organizations launched calls via social media networks for mass break-ins at al-Aqsa to mark Israel’s establishment on the land of Palestine.
