Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid warned – today, Thursday – of the consequences of a march called for by right-wing extremist Israeli groups in occupied Jerusalem, scheduled for this evening.
Extremist right-wing groups called for a march in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, demanding an end to the Islamic Endowments Department’s control over Al-Aqsa Mosque and the imposition of full Israeli control over the mosque.
The organizers of the march said that it comes on the occasion of the “Jewish Festival of Lights” (Hanukkah in Hebrew), and will pass through the Damascus Gate (one of the gates of the Old City), and then the Islamic Quarter in the town, reaching the Buraq Wall, which the Jews call the Western Wall or the Wailing Wall, adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque. .
Lapid said – in a tweet on the
He added, “As a (former) prime minister, I agreed to organize marches in Jerusalem, but not violent provocations.” Lapid continued, “If there was a real government in Israel, it would not have allowed this.”
Calls for the establishment of the temple
The Israeli police had allowed the march to be organized by extremist right-wing groups calling for the establishment of the alleged temple in the place of Al-Aqsa Mosque, including “With Our Hands” and “Returning to the Temple.”
In 2003, the police allowed extremists to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, without obtaining the approval of the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem, affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Endowments, noting that Jordan is the custodian of the holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
On the other hand, the Israeli occupation police have imposed strict restrictions on Muslims entering Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform prayers since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7th.
Since that date, the occupation army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which as of last Tuesday evening left more than 16,000 martyrs, most of them women and children, in addition to more than 43,000 wounded, in addition to massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli police allowing “the extremists’ march,” and also denounced “the incitement calls of these extremists against the administration of the Jerusalem Endowments and the affairs of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and their efforts to change the historical and legal situation existing in Jerusalem and its sanctities, in an unacceptable, condemnable, and provocative step.” According to the ministry’s statement.
