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Voices are being raised warning against implementing the Israeli occupation’s plans to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque in time and space.

Settlers storm the mosque through the Mughrabi Gate at the Buraq Wall on a daily basis to implement this old-new plan.

According to a report by Al Jazeera correspondent Hassan Masoud, the raid takes place in two periods, the first in the morning between 7 and 11 o’clock, and includes the storming of between 90 and 100 settlers daily with heavy protection from Israeli forces, while the evening period during Ramadan between 1:30 and 2:30 has been cancelled.

The expert in Jerusalem and settlement affairs, Dr. Khalil Al-Tafakji, says that the spatial division of Al-Aqsa began in 2000 after the withdrawal of authority from the Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem.

Al-Tafakji pointed out that the settlers begin storming Al-Aqsa in the morning to hold Talmudic prayers in this place, and then after the noon prayer there is another storming under the protection of the occupation, as at the same time any worshiper is prohibited from entering.

He pointed out that the spatial division is a political issue in a religious guise, as the Israeli side wants to control this place by establishing synagogues in this place, indicating that the Gate of Mercy - according to the Israeli religious vision - will enter the Awaited Messiah to establish the Temple instead of the Dome of the Rock, according to their claim.

In turn, a member of the Islamic Endowments Council in Jerusalem, Dr. Mustafa Abu Sawi, said that Al-Aqsa Mosque is everything that is visible, and what the wall surrounds, and what is high in its sky, courtyards, roofs, and what is under the ground, and not just the Dome of the Rock or Al-Qibli Mosque.

He explained during “Al Jazeera Window from Jerusalem” that there is a difference between the Ibrahimi and Al-Aqsa Mosques. After the massacre of the Ibrahimi Mosque, the mosque was divided, and “64% of the mosque’s buildings are with Jews, and there are 10 days a year during which Muslims are prohibited from entering it, in addition to preventing the call to prayer hundreds of times.” , indicating that the temporal and spatial division already exists.

He notes that the situation is different in Al-Aqsa. “Until the year 2000, the Islamic Endowments Directorate in Jerusalem was responsible for the entry of foreigners,” but the situation changed after former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s idea of ​​separating from the Palestinians, so that no tourists entered between 2000 and 2003.

He pointed out that the occupation police changed the situation in 2003 without coordination with the Islamic Endowments, stressing that when the police take their decision regarding Al-Aqsa, “it means that it came from the Prime Minister’s Office and most of the governments were led by Benjamin Netanyahu.”

Conditions on the field

Al Jazeera correspondent Hassan Masoud reported from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque that 55,000 worshipers performed the Isha and Tarawih prayers on the eighth night of Ramadan, noting that the imam dedicated prayers to the people of the Gaza Strip and called for the distress to be lifted and the war and starvation policy to end.

He indicated that the conditions at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque began to differ compared to the beginning of Ramadan, after observing the entry of young men in a clearer manner, defying all the obstacles imposed by the occupation forces since the beginning of the holy month.

In turn, Al Jazeera correspondent Fatima Khamaisi said that the occupation police are not concerned with any direct contact with worshipers, and are content only with selective inspection of Palestinians leaving Al-Aqsa.

She warned of a change in Israeli policy, especially at Bab Hatta - which was the scene of quarrels on the first day of Ramadan - and pointed to the absence of decorations and festive appearances during the month of Ramadan at this door, which was considered a tourist destination for those coming from abroad, and frequented by citizens of the Palestinian interior and the West Bank.

Source: Al Jazeera