Israeli police have arrested the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Mohammed al-Abbasi, from contained in the mosque’s courtyards in occupied Jerusalem.
The Palestinian information company Wafaciting native sources, reported that “Israeli forces detained Sheikh al-Abbasi contained in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque” on Monday night with out giving any purpose.
It added that the arrest “comes amid escalating Israeli measures in opposition to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, together with restrictions on imams, preachers and worshipers stationed there, limitations on the entry of worshippers, and intensifying incursions carried out by settlers below heavy safety from Israeli police”.
Hamas condemned the arrest of al-Abbasi in an announcement on Tuesday, saying he had been “served with an order banning him from the mosque”.
The motion mentioned the measure “constitutes blatant interference within the affairs of Al-Aqsa and an unacceptable assault on its imams”.
Hamas added: “The escalating violations by the fascist occupation authorities in opposition to the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the imposition of restrictions on worshippers’ entry, the prevention of logistical preparations for the month of Ramazan, and the intensification of raids by settler teams are harmful interventions that fall inside its persistent makes an attempt to regulate and Judaize the mosque, prohibit freedom of worship there, and impose temporal and spatial division.”
The motion referred to as on the “Palestinian folks in Jerusalem, throughout the West Financial institution and contained in the 1948 territories to stay stationed at Al-Aqsa, journey to it and preserve its presence, and stand as a bulwark in opposition to plans to tamper with its id”.
Hamas additionally urged the Arab League, the Group of Islamic Cooperation, and the Arab and Islamic nations “to take pressing motion by means of all doable channels to guard Al-Aqsa Mosque from the hazard of Judaization, and to take sensible steps to strain the occupation and pressure it to halt its violations”.
Occupied Jerusalem, significantly the Previous Metropolis and the neighborhood of Al-Aqsa Mosque, has been witnessing rising tensions amid tightened Israeli safety measures, together with arrests and ban orders in opposition to non secular figures and Palestinian activists in Jerusalem.
Israeli police have additionally mentioned they’d deploy in pressure across the Al-Aqsa Mosque throughout Ramazan, as Palestinian officers accused Israel of imposing restrictions on the compound.
Over the course of the month of fasting and prayer, tons of of 1000’s of Palestinians historically attend prayers at Al-Aqsa — Islam’s third-holiest website, positioned in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in 1967 and later annexed.
The Al-Aqsa compound is a central image of Palestinian id and likewise a frequent flashpoint.
Underneath long-standing preparations, Jews might go to the compound, however they aren’t permitted to wish there.
