Hundreds of Zionist Settlers Attack al-Aqsa Mosque

Date: 20 May 2018 - 21:10

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Nearly 300 Zionist settlers have stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of East al-Quds amid frequent acts of violence committed by Zionist troops and settlers against the Palestinian people.
Firas al-Debs, head of the media bureau of the Islamic Endowments Department in al-Quds, said a total of 284 settlers forced their way into the holy site through the Bab al-Magharibah under the tight protection of several groups of Zionist troops and special police forces, Arabic-language Safa news agency reported.
Debs added that the settlers sought to perform acts deemed provocative by Palestinians in the mosque courtyard, but Muslim worshipers and mosque guards resisted them.
The Palestinian official went on to say that more Zionist settlers and extremists are expected to storm al-Aqsa Mosque tomorrow as they are currently commemorating the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, known as the Feast of Weeks in English.
The occupied Palestinian territories have witnessed new tensions ever since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision on December 6 last year to recognize al-Quds as Israel’s capital and relocate the U.S. embassy Tel Aviv to the occupied city.
The dramatic shift in Washington’s policy vis-à-vis the city triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries.
On December 21, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the U.S. to withdraw its controversial recognition of al-Quds as the Zionist regime’s "capital.”

A Zionist trooper takes position as Palestinian protesters clash with Zionist troops during a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by the regime in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on May 18, 2018.