JERUSALEM, June 27, 2013 (WAFA) – Tension was high in the Muslim holy place, al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday as Jewish fanatics held provocative tours of the compound, according to members of the Muslim Waqf, which oversees the affairs of the compound.

They said a group of fanatics heeded a call by a right-wing Israeli lawmaker to tour the site as a show of defiance to the Muslim worshippers there.

The officials said groups of fanatics escorted by police entered the compound through Magharbe Gate after assembling at the Western Wall and listening to a speech by the lawmaker, Moshe Figlin, calling on Jews to reclaim what he called “their right to the Temple Mount,” in reference to the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the third holiest sites in Islam.

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