JERUSALEM, February 13, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli police Monday attempted to set up stalls in Al-Aqsa Mosque yards to use it as rain shields sparking tension among Palestinians who were present then, said local sources.
Palestinians protested the move by closing Al-Aqsa Mosque’s gates locks in order to prevent the police from entering stalls.
Firas al-Debs, media coordinator of the Foundation of the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem, released a statement in which he said Israeli police threatened to break locks attached to the mosque’s gates after they were closed, but the mosque’s guards insisted that the stalls remain outside the mosque.
A group of Israeli settlers broke into al Aqsa Mosque under Israel police’s heavy protection, and were confronted by Palestinians who chanted slogans in protest of the settler’s continuous, provocative tours in the mosque.
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