RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 (WAFA) – The official spokesman for the presidency Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that the Israeli occupation authorities are dragging the region into a square of violence, escalation, tension and instability, through its insistence on continuing the policy of collective punishment, killing, attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque, continuing Israeli settlers' terrorism against Palestinians under protection from the Israeli forces.

Abu Rudeineh added that extremist settlers' storming of al-Aqsa Mosque and raising the occupation flag in its courtyards as well as storming of the occupation police into Bab Al-Rahma chapel and damaging the electricity power grids inside it, confirms that the extremist Israeli government is looking for ways to escalate the situation, holding it responsible for these dangerous policies seeking to destroy any regional or international effort to provide stability and prevent the deterioration of the situation.

He stressed that Palestinian people won't allow the occupation authorities to harm with the al-Aqsa Mosque, and that the ongoing attacks on Bab Al-Rahma's prayer area in al-Aqsa Mosque are 'playing with fire', as it's an integral part of al-Aqsa Mosque.

He pointed out that the siege imposed on Palestinian cities as well as storming of cities, villages and camps, are collective punishment against Palestinian people, stressing that this policy won't bring security and stability to anyone, but will push the region to further escalation and tension.

Abu Rudeineh called on the US administration to intervene immediately to stop these dangerous practices, and to put pressure on Israel to stop all its unilateral measures.

K.T.