Palestinian Access to Al-Aqsa to Be Limited by Israeli Regime in Ramadan
Tel Aviv has approved restricting the entry of Palestinians living in the occupied territories to the mosque during the Islamic holy month, beginning in the second week of next month, local media claimed.
The regime’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, gave his approval on Sunday to the recommendations of far-right minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir, despite the regime's security agency warning that restrictions on Palestinians’ access to the Al Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan could add fuel to the fire.
"Despite warnings from the Shin Bet (internal security agency) of potential disturbances …, Netanyahu agreed to a recommendation … to limit the access of Palestinian faithful to the Al Aqsa Mosque during the upcoming month of Ramadan," Channel 13 reported.
The Netanyahu regime will make an official decision on this issue in the coming days, the broadcaster claimed.
"The entry of Palestinian faithful to the Al Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan will be limited," the channel reported, citing unidentified sources.
Several Israeli media outlets, including Channel 12, have reported in the last two days that the Shin Bet warned the government that prohibiting Palestinians from entering the Al Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan "could lead to major disturbances."
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The security agency warned that this decision could cause more "dangerous" disruption than the eruption of tensions in Jerusalem (al-Quds), the West Bank, and elsewhere.
Restrictions on Fridays
Last Friday, despite Israeli restrictions, approximately 25,000 Palestinian faithful were able to enter the Al Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem al-Quds to perform Friday prayers for the first time since the Israeli regime launched its brutal war on the Gaza Strip.
This is the longest stretch of Fridays in a row that Palestinians have been barred by the Israeli authorities from offering prayers in the mosque since the start of the war on October 7, an official in Al-Quds' Islamic Endowments Department, who asked not to be named, told Anadolu.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since October 7, killing nearly 29,000 and caused mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
The Israeli war on Gaza has pushed 85 percent of the territory's population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60 percent of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
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Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
Source: TRT World
