About 40000 Muslim worshipers performed Friday prayer at the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.

The Israeli occupation forces prevented the entry of male citizens from the Occupied West Bank while women were allowed.

Sheikh Ekremah Sabri the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque described the flag march which the Israeli occupation plans as a provocative attempt to destabilize the Palestinian steadfastness.

Sabri said during the Friday sermon (Khutba) at Al-Aqsa Mosque that the march is a failure because Israel claims to have united Jerusalem for the Jews while in fact it has turned it into a military barracks in order to secure a march.

He emphasized that the recent events that occurred in Palestine united the Palestinians from the river to the sea and united Muslims in the whole world.

The preacher called on Jerusalemites to remain steadfast and to defend their homes.

Meanwhile Haaretz newspaper reported that the flag march scheduled for Tuesday will pass on the outskirts of the Islamic Quarter in Jerusalem with the official approval of the police.

It added that the march will start at the Bab Al-Amud then head towards the Bab al-Khalil and Al-Buraq Wall.

Dr. Khalil al-Hayya a member of Hamas political bureau said that his Movement will not stop protecting the Palestinian people and warned the Israeli occupation of persisting in its crimes against them.

Hayya during an interview on Al-Aqsa TV on Thursday evening encouraged the Jerusalemites to defend Jerusalem and revolt against the occupation.

He affirmed that if the flag march takes place the state of tension and the possibility of escalation will persist.

Thousands of Muslim worshipers gathered since the morning hours at the gates of Al-Aqsa and performed Friday prayer in the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Israeli occupation police prevented the worshipers from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque and restricted their access to the Old City and the Mosque.

During the Friday Khutba (sermon) the preacher called on Muslims and Arabs to support the worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque stop normalization and freeze relations with the Israeli occupation.

He pointed to the need to stay in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan and to take care of the families of the martyrs and prisoners during the holy month.

The preacher meanwhile affirmed that those who sold Jerusalemite property to the occupation will not be buried in Muslim cemeteries.

He praised the position of families and clans who disavowed those who sold real estate to occupation institutions.

The preacher also called for earmarking Jerusalemite real estate as endowed property in order to block selling it to the occupation.

The Islamic Endowments Department in Occupied Jerusalem said that thousands of Muslim worshipers performed Friday prayer in the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards.

The Department stated that the Israeli police set up checkpoints in the al-Amoud Gate area to restrict the entry of the worshipers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Jerusalemite sources reported that the occupation police closed most of the roads leading to the Mosque and checked the ID cards of the Palestinian youths. This caused a crowd at the Gates and impeded the arrival of the Muslim worshipers.

Thousands of Muslim worshipers from the West Bank and 1948 Occupied Palestine performed Friday prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem amid tightened Israeli measures.

Israeli police tightened its grip on Jerusalem’s Old City and checkpoints connecting the holy city with the West Bank. Thousands of Israeli policemen cordoned off the main access roads to the Old City and checked the IDs of worshipers leading to severe traffic jam.

The preacher of al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Mohammad Salim condemned in the Friday sermon the Israeli desecration and repeated incursions into Muslims’ holy shrines especially al-Aqsa Mosque.

Sheikh Salim called on Palestinians to frequent al-Aqsa Mosque in order to defend and protect the holy site from the Israeli offensive practices.