Civil disobedience in Jerusalem…settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
On Wednesday, hundreds of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and a general strike took place in the city of Jerusalem, in support of the people of Shu’fat refugee campand Anata, who have been living under siege for five consecutive days.
The Islamic Endowments Department indicated that 779 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa during the morning incursions, including the extremist MK Itamar Ben Gavir.
The settlers performed religious rituals at Al-Aqsa "prostration, singing and dancing", especially in the eastern region of Al-Aqsa, and one of the settlers cut his son's hair inside Al-Aqsa.
The occupation forces arrested two guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Khalil Al-Tarhouni and Hamza Al-Nabali, and severely beat them.
Inside Al-Aqsa, the occupation and intelligence forces deployed in the squares and along the settlers' path.
The occupation forces also tightened restrictions on the entry of worshipers, preventing those under the age of 50 from entering it since the dawn prayer, and the worshipers performed the dawn and noon prayers on the thresholds of Al-Aqsa.
The occupation police deployed at the gates of Al-Aqsa and the Old City, and they toured the town's roads and alleys, and erected iron mounds in several areas.
Thousands of settlers flocked to the Old City and performed prayers at the outer gates of Al-Aqsa, then headed to Al-Buraq Square.
On Wednesday afternoon, the occupation forces assaulted the young man, Muhammad Jaradat, in the Lions Gate area, and arrested him after he was wounded in the face.
A general strike
A general strike took place in the city of Jerusalem, in response to the civil disobedience launched by the residents of Shu’fat refugee camp, to reject the siege imposed on them and the complete closure of the area, and depriving them of their most basic rights "movement, treatment, food, education."
Shops and schools were closed, and neighborhood streets and town entrances were blocked with stones.
On Wednesday morning, clashes broke out in the Bi’er Ayoub neighborhood and in the village of Issawiya, and the forces sprayed waste water in the town's streets.
The worshipers performed the noon prayer outside the Shu’fat refugee camp, led by Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the imam and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and another prayer inside the checkpoint.
The occupation forces were heavily deployed in the vicinity of the worshipers inside the military checkpoint.
Lawyer Medhat Diba confirmed that, through the Jerusalem Governorate, the People's Committee in the camp and the camp's institutions, that he is in the process of submitting a petition to the Israeli court, to open the entrances to the area, but the Jewish holidays may hinder the issuance of any decision on this.
Diba added that the police claim that the military checkpoint and the entrance to Anata have been opened, stressing that the siege is still in progress, and only the opening is part of slow inspection procedures and a great deal of procrastination.
On the other hand, settlers vandalized vehicle tires and smashed the windows of a bus in the Al-Sowaneh neighborhood in Jerusalem, knowing that the cars were parked meters away from the "Beit Ort" settlement.
The occupation police released Nitham Abu Rammouz and Eyad Abu Rammouz, on the condition that they be deported from the Old City of Jerusalem for a month.
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