Extremist Israelis attacked Palestinians at the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Israelis entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and an office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Monday (May 26) to mark Jerusalem Day.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday (May 27), Reuters reported that some extremist Israelis chanted slogans such as \u201cDeath to the Arabs\u201d and \u201cMay your villages burn\u201d as they marched through a Muslim-majority area of \u200b\u200bEast Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
The march was attended by Israel\u2019s far-right nationalist Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir and several senior members of the Israeli government.<\/p>\n
Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967. The city has been under Israeli control since then. Israel celebrates Jerusalem Day on May 26, an annual holiday. A march is held every year to mark the day.<\/p>\n
A witness told Reuters that Israelis began violence in the Old City of East Jerusalem shortly after noon local time. The protesters also attacked Muslim-majority shops and harassed Palestinians.<\/p>\n
The report said a group of young settlers spat on a Palestinian woman and a journalist. Israeli police were nearby but did not appear to take any action.<\/p>\n
Israeli police did not comment when contacted. There were no reports of any arrests in the attack.<\/p>\n
The settlers live in settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are illegal under international law.<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Monday that “we will keep Jerusalem united and under Israeli sovereignty.”<\/p>\n
Nabil Abu Rudaynah, a spokesman for the Palestinian presidency in the West Bank, condemned the Israeli march and Ben Gvir’s visit to Al-Aqsa.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the spokesman said that Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, “repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and provocative actions such as the Israeli flag march in occupied Jerusalem pose a threat to the stability of the entire region.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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