Ultra-orthodox Jews break into the Aqsa Mosque

Ultra-orthodox Jews break into the Aqsa Mosque

[ 13/09/2010 - 10:22 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- 130 Jewish extremists stormed into the Aqsa Mosque Monday morning from the Maghareba Gate, accompanied by reinforced Israeli police, local sources said.

Five groups entered through the gate, each group led by a head rabbi, one security guard reported.

The Mosque’s guards monitored the Jews from afar for fear of being arrested as they toured the Mosque’s courtyards and halls.

Israeli police and border guards raided the Aqsa Mosque late Saturday night and arrested a group of Palestinians inside the Mosque.

The troops took down a Palestinian flag and banners congratulating Palestinians over the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holidays.

Report: Israel stepped up its serious violations in J'lem last month

[ 13/09/2010 - 08:10 AM ]

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A number of human rights organizations said that Israel escalated its grave violations against international law in occupied Jerusalem last month and called for obligating it as an occupation state to respect the rights of Palestinians.

This came in a report issued by the civic coalition for defending the Palestinians' rights in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem center for democracy and human rights and the land research center.

According to the report, Israel committed a number of serious violations in the holy city during this month, most notably, its restrictions on Palestinian worshipers during the holy month of Ramadan, letting an extremist settler to break into the Aqsa Mosque, raiding Ein Silwan Mosque, refusing to register a child in the identity card of her father and physically assaulting a number of citizens.

The report affirmed that Israel, as an occupation force, is demanded to respect its obligations stipulated in the fourth Geneva convention on the protection of civilians under occupation.

The report also called on Israel to put an end to its violations including its segregation wall which was criminalized by the international court of justice and its ethnic cleansing policy against the native people of Jerusalem.
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