Pro-Gaza demonstration on the Mosque esplanade
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Inside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam, May 14, 2021. AFP - AHMAD GHARABLI
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Israeli army airstrikes in Gaza.
Rocket attacks by Hamas against the territory of the Hebrew state.
Clashes continue in the Middle East.
Conclusion: intercommunal violence between Jews and Arabs, in mixed Israeli towns, is also plunging the country into chaos.
In Jerusalem, where tensions started almost a month ago, Palestinians held a rally on the Mosque Plaza.
On this Friday of prayer, they wished to show their support for Gazans.
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Sami Boukhelifa
The prayer ends, and the slogans of the demonstrators now resonate between the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Keffiyeh on his shoulders, "
the mobilization against the occupation must continue,
" chanted Abu Watan, a young Palestinian.
“
We are here for Gaza.
Gazans stood in solidarity with us as we faced repression from the Israeli police here in Jerusalem over the past few days.
We Palestinians must stand together.
Today we also gather in the memory of the martyrs killed in the Israeli bombardments in Gaza.
"
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A protester waves the Palestinian flag.
He galvanizes the crowd.
For Firas, it is the arrogance of the Israeli occupation forces that is causing all this anger: “
Let Israel learn from this situation.
What is happening in Gaza, but also the uprising in Israeli Arab towns: Lod, Ramla, Haifa, Nazareth, is a message sent to the Hebrew state.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line.
We will never give up defending it, and defending Jerusalem.
"
It is in particular the incursion of the Israeli police on the esplanade of the Mosques, during clashes with young Palestinians during the month of Ramadan, which exacerbated the tensions.
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