A Palestinian political analyst and specialist in Jerusalem affairs, Jamal Amro, warned on Tuesday of the area around Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city being turned into an army base during Jewish holidays, Shehab news agency has reported. Amro made his observation following the Israeli cabinetâs decision to raise the security level across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem during the upcoming holiday season.
âPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Cabinet ministers approved the operational deployment of all security services ahead of the holidays,â said Netanyahuâs office.
According to Amro, the Israeli occupation has reinforced the deployment of its armed forces on all roads and alleyways âto secure the settlersâ desecration of Al Aqsa Mosqueâ during the Jewish holidays. Israel, he said, is thus facilitating the settlersâ desecration of the holy sites in total disregard of international conventions and Jordanâs official custodianship.
Deportation orders, he pointed out, have been issued against the Palestinian activists who stay inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to empty the Noble Sanctuary ahead of the settlersâ desecrations. He noted that the Palestinian, Arab and Islamic commissions, as well as NGOs, keep calling for international protection for Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, âbut their calls fall on deaf ears.â
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