Al-Jazeera correspondent reported the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque after storming it for the fifth day in a row, amid confrontations with the Palestinians inside the mosque and at its gates, and Arab calls for effective international action to stop provocative practices in Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city.
The occupation forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to get the worshipers out of the tribal chapel.
Palestinian media reported that there were suffocation injuries among the worshipers inside the tribal prayer hall as a result of the Israeli forces firing tear gas canisters.
The Israeli occupation forces attacked the women stationed in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and tried to force them out. They also besieged them inside the Dome of the Rock, while groups of settlers were seen wandering in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.
It is noteworthy that the Israeli political and security leadership decided to close Al-Aqsa Mosque to Jews, starting from tomorrow, Friday, until the end of Ramadan.
The Israeli Supreme Court agreed to the request of the occupation police to allow only four thousand Christians to access the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem to commemorate the Holy Saturday.
The police had initially asked to limit the numbers to 1,000 people inside the church and 500 in its surroundings, but several Jerusalem Orthodox institutions appealed the decision to the court, considering it a blatant violation of the freedom of worship and the revival of Christian holidays in Jerusalem.
The spokesman for the Palestinian presidency said that the Israeli decision is a war against the Palestinian people and Jerusalem and its sanctities.
Hamas calls for a rally, and Salah holds the occupation responsible
For its part, Hamas called on the Palestinian people to mobilize and mobilize at dawn tomorrow, Friday, in defense of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing that the battle with the occupation is still continuing.
The head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, said that just as the so-called march of flags was defeated, the policy of intrusion would be defeated, adding that the battle was still in its infancy.
He added that what the settlers are doing in Al-Aqsa will push the established facts and all the strategic dimensions of the conflict to the fore.
In turn, the head of the Islamic movement inside the Green Line, Sheikh Raed Salah, said that the Israeli occupation is the only cause of the events taking place in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In an intervention with Al-Jazeera, he added that Al-Aqsa Mosque is occupied according to international law and Islamic principles, and that all the Israeli occupation measures and incursions do not prove to him a right to Al-Aqsa.
He stressed that Al-Aqsa Mosque is a Palestinian right that does not accept bargaining, division or negotiations.
Israel: There is no intention to divide Al-Aqsa in time and space
For his part, Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, said in a previous interview with Al-Jazeera that the Israeli government has no intention of dividing Al-Aqsa in time and space.
The Israeli government spokesman blamed Palestinian parties, which he described as extremist, for the recent riots in Al-Aqsa.
For his part, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the state of military and security alert that began before the Jewish Passover holiday will continue after it as well.
Gantz had said that Israel has maintained and still maintains the freedom of worship for all religions in Jerusalem, the status quo on the Temple Mount, and most importantly, it has preserved the security of its citizens, as he put it.
He held Gantz responsible for the escalation of what he called the terrorists who throw stones and set fire to the Temple Mount, and harm the citizens who want to revive the rituals of Ramadan, he said.
Gantz called on the Palestinian leadership and the leaders of the region to act responsibly in order to expand the procedures and facilitate life for citizens in the period leading up to Eid al-Fitr.
US delegation
Politically, an American delegation will meet today with Israeli and Palestinian officials in Tel Aviv and Ramallah, with the aim of reducing the escalation in Jerusalem.
US Assistant Secretary of State Yael Lambert will meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev.
In Ramallah, the US delegation will meet with the Minister of Civil Affairs, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh, and the head of the General Intelligence Service, Majed Faraj.
emergency Arab meeting
In Jordan, the emergency meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee was held to confront the Israeli measures in Jerusalem.
The Ministerial Committee condemned the Israeli violations against worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and affirmed its rejection of Israel's efforts to change the legal and historical situation in Al-Aqsa.
The Arab Ministerial Committee expressed its support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, their leadership and institutions in their defense of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa.
The committee stressed the role of the Hashemite guardianship in protecting the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, calling on the international community and the Security Council to act immediately to stop Israel’s practices in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa.
"We will inform the international community of an Arab and Islamic position regarding Jerusalem, and the coming hours will witness great activity," said the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
He explained that "the Arab meeting on Jerusalem adopted a 16-item statement addressing the Arab and Islamic position on the Palestinian issue."
Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that "the Arab meeting reflected the fact that Jerusalem and its sanctities are unchanged above politics, and we cannot accept any aggression against them."
Al-Safadi added that the meeting affirmed the rejection of any attacks on Al-Aqsa, and the desire for calm and an end to violence, adding that the way to do so is to respect the historical and legal situation in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and to stop all practices that undermine this situation and constitute an attack on the mosque and worshipers.
Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said that "the attacks are a result of the impunity of the occupation from accountability and the duplication of applying the provisions of international law."
He stressed the need to work to stop the repeated Israeli attacks in occupied Jerusalem.
The meeting was held at the invitation of Jordan, which chairs the committee, to discuss the dangerous situation in Jerusalem, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and ways to stop the Israeli escalation and restore a comprehensive calm.
The committee includes in its membership Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia as the head of the Arab summit, the UAE as the Arab member of the Security Council, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.
In Israel, the Foreign Ministry said that Minister Yair Lapid discussed with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed the situation in Jerusalem last night.
A Foreign Ministry statement said that Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed told Lapid that the UAE appreciates the measures taken by Israel to calm matters in Jerusalem.
The statement added that the two ministers exchanged information about the difficulties of confronting what they described as the false anti-Israel news that is being promoted in the Arab world.
The Emirates News Agency reported that the UAE Foreign Minister stressed, during his call with Labid, the importance of calming the situation at Al-Aqsa.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Israel kidnaps Jerusalem
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has held the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for the consequences and repercussions of the continued kidnapping of Jerusalem and the attempt to change the historical and demographic situation in it, calling on the UN Security Council to respect its resolutions and the practical recognition that Jerusalem is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry added that the Israeli government's continued targeting of Jerusalem, its holy sites and its citizens is clear evidence of the absence of an Israeli partner for peace.
The official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, rejected statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett claiming that the Palestinian land is not occupied.
Abu Rudeineh described this as misleading and contradicts the resolutions of international legitimacy.
He considered that Bennett's speech only contributes to further destabilization, creating tension and encouraging the settlers to continue their aggression in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
A member of the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh, said that the supervision of the occupation police in determining the numbers and ages of worshipers is a flagrant violation and an attempt to create a new reality aimed at temporal division.
For its part, Hamas said that there is no place for the occupation and its settlers in Al-Aqsa, and that their attempts to divide the time and space will not pass.
The movement also warned of what it described as the repercussions of thinking about slaughtering offerings or allowing the march of flags to approach the sanctuaries.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that the battle to defend Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is not neutral, and that the Palestinian people will not allow the field facts in Jerusalem to change, as it puts it.
For days, tension has prevailed in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Square due to daily incursions and calls by Israeli settlers and Jewish temple groups to continue storming the mosque, coinciding with the Jewish Passover holiday, which began last Friday and will last for a week.