[News] Israel Prevents Al-Aqsa Call to Prayer on First Day of Ramadan

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Israel
Prevents Al-Aqsa Call to Prayer on First Day of Ramadan
April 15, 2021
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A view of the Old City of Jerusalem. (Photo: via ActiveStills.org)

Palestinians have reacted furiously after Israeli forces on Tuesday cut
electric cables inside the minarets of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the
third most holy site of the Islamic faith, preventing the call to prayer.

Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh called on the
international community to take “serious action” to stop Israeli violations
against the sacred site.

Israeli police stormed the Bab Al-Maghariba and Bab Al-Silsila minarets on
the western side of the Al-Aqsa compound on Tuesday evening.

The storming was to prevent the adhan call to prayer, which coincided with
Israel’s Memorial Day – the commemoration of killed Israeli soldiers –
according to reports.

Israel held a state ceremony for the occasion at the Western Wall, a sacred
Jewish site that is adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The two holy sites are
in East Jerusalem, which has been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967.

The Israeli raid on the Al-Aqsa mosque prevented evening prayers from being
called from the mosque on the first day of Ramadan, the sacred Muslim month
of fasting which began on Tuesday.

The Palestinian Authority’s news agency WAFA also reported that Israeli
forces prevented Palestinians from holding their fast-breaking iftar meal
near the minarets of the mosque.

“These actions are a racist attack on the sanctity of the holy places, and
on freedom of worship. They are a clear violation of international human
rights conventions,” said Abu Rudeineh in a statement.

The New Arab’s Arabic-language service reported clashes broke between
Palestinians and Israeli soldiers after the storming of the mosque. Three
Palestinians were injured as a result.

*(The New Arab, PC, Social Media)*


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