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</font><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel Prevents Al-Aqsa Call to Prayer on First Day of Ramadan <br></h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">April 15, 2021<br></div>
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A view of the Old City of Jerusalem. (Photo: via ActiveStills.org)
<p>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.</p>
<p>Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh called on the
international community to take “serious action” to stop Israeli
violations against the sacred site.</p>
<p>Israeli police stormed the Bab Al-Maghariba and Bab Al-Silsila
minarets on the western side of the Al-Aqsa compound on Tuesday evening.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>“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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><em>(The New Arab, PC, Social Media)</em></p>
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