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A female demonstration at Al-Silsileh Gate in protest at being barred from entering Al-Aqsa
August 31, 2015

Nearly 30 settlers broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday in conjunction with preventing some young men, women and children from entering. The Israeli Special Forces along with police personnel established iron barriers at Al-Aqsa Gates and imposed the daily siege on Al-Aqsa Mosque by preventing all women from entering (a daily procedures for the past week in which women are barred from entering from the morning hours until 11 a.m.); note that this is the time when settlers break into the Mosque. The forces also prevented some men from entering and checked and detained their personal IDs.  A demonstration at Al-Aqsa Gates In conjunction with these Israeli restrictions and practices, the women barred from entering Al-Aqsa organized a demonstration at Al-Silsileh Gate and raised banners asking to allow them to enter Al-Aqsa. They also warned of the danger of continuing to prevent them from entering and demanded urgent Arab Islamic intervene to protect and save Al-Aqsa. Women also performed “Al-Duha” Prayer at Al-Silsileh Gate after preventing them from entering Al-Aqsa. They also chanted “God is Great” while the settlers were exiting Al-Aqsa through Al-Silsileh Gate after completing their break-in and tour inside Al-Aqsa. 11982323_10152995428727466_1106333254_o 11949713_10152995451432466_1226159730_n 11910900_10152995451627466_170202007_n 11944589_10152995451382466_272563461_n 10637578_10152995451202466_1995814961_n 11759489_10152995451577466_528080294_n 11910739_10152995451462466_574580690_n 11910810_10152995451492466_1325647714_n