Palestinian witnesses say Israeli police, armed with batons, tear gasoline grenades and smoke bombs, burst into the Al Aqsa Mosque by drive and beat the ladies and men worshipping there.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has strongly condemned Israeli police raids at Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
Speaking to reporters in Brussels following a NATO overseas ministers assembly on Wednesday, Cavusoglu stated that Israel had “violated” the sanctity of the compound throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and “took a step that would disrupt its historical status.”
“We had warned them to prevent such provocations, especially during Ramadan,” throughout Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s go to to Türkiye following the February 6 earthquakes and his assembly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Cavusoglu added.
“Israel should end such attacks immediately,” he added.
Noting {that a} “dialogue” course of with Israel has restarted, Cavusoglu stated: “But our engagement with Israel certainly cannot come at the expense of the Palestinian cause.”
“In that regard, we never compromise our principles or our beliefs,” he added.
Israeli police stated they detained 350 Palestinians from the Al Aqsa Mosque complicated, with witnesses saying they used extreme drive, together with tear gasoline.
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In photos: Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli police enter Al Aqsa Mosque throughout Passover vacation in occupied East Jerusalem
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A flashpoint
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel was working to calm the state of affairs following clashes between police and worshippers on the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
“Israel is committed to maintaining freedom of worship, free access to all religions and the status quo and will not allow violent extremists to change that,” he stated in a press release.
Israel introduced numerous restrictions on Palestinians throughout the holy month of Ramadan with regard to getting into Al Aqsa Mosque.
Al Aqsa Mosque in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem is Islam’s third holiest web site.
It has been a frequent flashpoint, significantly throughout Ramadan, and clashes there in May 2021 set off the most recent Israel-Gaza War that raged for 11 days.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem throughout the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. It annexed the whole metropolis in 1980, a transfer by no means acknowledged by the worldwide neighborhood.
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