Thousands of West Bank Palestinians denied entry into Al-Aqsa Mosque

[ 20/09/2009 - 10:59 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation government denied entry to thousands of West Bank Palestinian Muslims into occupied Jerusalem to attend the Eid prayers at the Aqsa Mosque.

Palestinians present at the Qalandia checkpoint which disconnects the West Bank from Jerusalem confirmed that IOF troops manning the checkpoint stopped thousands of worshipers from entering occupied Jerusalem because they "did not have the necessary permits," the usual cited excuse.

The Israeli occupation soldiers denied West Bankers entry into occupied Jerusalem to attend prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque throughout Ramadan allowing only elderly people and those who have a pass from the occupation government.

The Israeli occupation government acts breach the Palestinians' right to freedom of worship.

Hamas calls all resistance factions to reply to violations of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque

[ 18/09/2009 - 05:45 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Hamas called on all Palestinian factions to retaliate to the violations by the Israeli occupation forces and illegal Israeli settlers against the holy city of Jerusalem and the third holiest shrine of Islam, Al-Aqsa Mosque.

MP Yusuf al-Sharafi said during a huge rally on the International Quds Day in the northern Gaza Strip said that Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque are the subject of a conspiracy, never experienced before in the Palestinian issue, adding that the features of the conspiracy are becoming clearer as the occupation tries to cleanse the holy city from its indigenous population and the continued digging underneath Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Sharafi added that Zionists would have not dared go this far if they did not have collaborators in Palestine who are guarding them and chasing resistance fighters and torturing them to death.

He said, resistance fighters should not surrender to those traitors and react to the crimes against Jerusalem and the Aqsa in "the way the Zionist enemy understands."

He greeted the residents of Jerusalem for their steadfastness in the face of the Zionist onslaught and their protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

His message to Arabs and Muslims was that their efforts to protect Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque should be proportional to the real dangers engulfing them rather than seasonal or occasional protests.

He said that it was a shame that Arab regimes are in the process of normalisation of relations with the occupation at a time when Al-Aqsa is being violated by that occupation.

Finally he said that Mahmoud Abbas was not entitled to compromise Jerusalem or any other Palestinian legitimate right.