JERUSALEM, August 11, 2015
(WAFA) – Israeli police has denied women and children access to al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
in East Jerusalem, provoking resentment among the crowds, according to local
sources.
WAFA correspondent said a
scuffle broke out when the police denied a crowd of women and children access to
the Mosque. The worshipers, women and children, chanted religious slogans against
the police to show their anger. Police arrested a woman and a minor during the
clash.
Last month, dozens of worshipers
were injured during clashes with Israeli police private units, after they broke
into the holy site and severely assaulted worshipers.
The clashes saw Israeli police
private units throw rubber-coated metal bullets at the defenseless worshipers,
which caused tens of suffocation cases by teargas inhalation.
In the midst of these attacks
on July 29, the Israeli minister of agriculture, Uri Ariel from the Jewish Home
right-wing party has provocatively broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque, heavily guarded,
in coordination with the ministry of interior.
Jews refer to
the site as the “Temple Mount,” claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples
destroyed in ancient times. The site is home to the third holiest Mosque in Islam,
and houses al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
The site has
witnessed recurrent clashes in recent years between Muslim worshipers and
Israeli police, most frequently due to provocative visits by Jewish extremists
who believe the mosque should be destroyed and replaced with a Jewish temple.
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