JERUSALEM, August 4, 2015 (WAFA) – Israeli police Tuesday suppressed a peaceful demonstration organized by Islamic Waqf personnel against Israel’s imprisonment of a number of their colleagues, according to WAFA correspondent.

During the protest, Israeli police arrested journalist Abdul-Karim Darwish, a photographer with Quds TV, and Islamic Waqf PR official Feras Dabbas.

Last week, Israeli police arrested a number of Jordan-affiliated Islamic Waqf staff during a crackdown on al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the city, following a rise in provocative visits by extremist Jewish fanatics to the holy site.

Under the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf monitors daily activities in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest place in Islam.

Jordan has responsibility for managing the mosque compound and other holy sites in the eastern part of the city.

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