Israeli police forces on Tuesday arrested two employees of Jerusalem’s Religious Endowments Authority at al-Aqsa Mosque.
Local sources said that the Israeli police arrested Bassam al-Hallaq the head of al-Aqsa Mosque compound Reconstruction Committee and another employee identified as Kayed Jaber in the courtyard of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Meanwhile 54 extremist settlers desecrated al-Aqsa Mosque and roamed its courtyards under tight police protection.
