Fanatic Jews enter Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound on Nakba anniversary
Bernama
May 15, 2022 22:16 MYT
May 15, 2022 22:16 MYT
Jewish visitors gesture as Israeli security forces secure the area at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 5, 2022. - REUTERS
JERUSALEM: Israeli fanatic Jews raided Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in company with Israeli police on the anniversary of Nakba Day on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency.
Observed on May 15 annually, the Nakba Day, or the Catastrophe Day, marks the 1948 forced expulsion of nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their homes in historical Palestine.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world's third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area the Temple Mount, claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move never recognised by the international community.
Meanwhile, Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday called for "resisting" Israeli plans to build more than 4,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank.
Last week, Israeli authorities approved the construction of more than 4,000 settlement units, in a move that drew wide condemnations from several countries around the world.
In a statement, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum termed the settlement building as a "new assault" against the Palestinian people, reported Anadolu Agency.
"This affirms the racist and colonial nature of the occupying entity (Israel)," he said, going on to call for "resisting these colonial and settlement projects with all means."
The spokesman also called for ending all forms of normalization with Israel and "working for isolating the Zionist occupation and exposing its policies and supporting Palestinian steadfastness."
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is considered as occupied territory under international law, thus making all Jewish settlements there illegal.
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