Al Aqsa Mosque Attacked Again!
This third holiest place for Muslims is called Al Aqsa mosque. That literally means the furthest mosque And it is unfortunately really becoming a reality for Muslims living just around it. They can’t get to Al-Aqsa easily. They need permits by Israelis to enter the mosque. Yes. They need a permit. Permit to enter their own mosque in their own land. This is a part of an apartheid system to control Palestinians. Permits are often denied. Once you have a permit then you must go through extreme scrutiny. Check points to checkpoints. That is how the whole occupied Palestine is like. Check points to checkpoints. It was a beautiful dawn at Al-Aqsa on April 15th. Muslims had just finished offering fajr prayer A peaceful demonstration by a few hundred Palestinian is a ritual in the occupied land to keep their demand for freedom alive. Instead of letting the demonstration be over Fully armed Israeli soldiers in massive numbers invaded the mosque. They wanted to clear the mosque for illegal Jewish settlers. Ruthlessly striking and beating whoever came in their way. They entered the mosque shooting stunned grenades, tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets, directly at the Muslims as some were still praying. They broke stained glass window Broken glass was everywhere. 150 Muslim were injured as Israelis tried to clear the mosque for Jewish settlers who wanted to make animal sacrifice there. Muslims resisted with the only weapon Palestinians have. Little rocks. 400 were arrested. The mosque was occupied by Israel in 1967. Since then this calm and peaceful place has been attacked often. A historic 12th century pulpit was burned down in 1969 when Denis Rohan, a Christian Zionist, attacked it. Initially the head Rabbis in 1967 asked Jews not to pray there since it is not clear where the historic Temple Mount was. But now the illegal Jewish settlers are fully supported by Israeli military enter Al-Aqsa as Muslim Palestinians are beaten to leave to make room for the illegal settlers. Even the Al-Aqsa neighborhood is being cleared of Muslims. For now Muslim Palestinians are busy doing a major cleanup of the Al-Aqsa, the third most revered mosque for Muslims.