JAKARTA - Israeli police will deploy three thousand personnel in East Jerusalem occupied ahead of the first Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsadi Mosque in the holy month of Ramadan.
Since the beginning of Ramadan, Israel has restricted the entry of Palestinian worshipers from the West Bank into mosques, and only allowed Palestinians from East Jerusalem and Israeli Arabs to access the site.
As reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Thursday, March 6, Israeli police said additional personnel would be deployed throughout the city, especially near crossings and in the Old Town alleys with an estimated tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers attending Friday prayers at the mosque.
Last month, Israel placed its troops on high alert and deployed three thousand troops on the roads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Palestinians view these restrictions as part of Israel's broader policy to audit East Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and remove Arab and Islamic identities in the region.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in the world for Muslims. Jews called the area the Holy Bait Hill, and claimed the place as the location of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al Aqsa was located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
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Israel annexed the entire city in 1980, an act that the international community has never recognized.
The International Court stated in July last year that Israel's longstanding occupation of Palestinian soil was illegal, and demanded the evacuation of all Jewish settlements in the West and East Banks.
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