‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions For the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy…
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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions For the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli authorities keep the complex shut, forcing worshippers to hold Eid prayers as close as they can to the sealed site. On Friday morning hundreds of worshippers were forced to pray outside the Old C...
By Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza
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