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The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Harare condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli police’s illegal invasion of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City to brutally attack using tear gases and rubber-coated bullets on hundreds of peaceful Palestinian worshippers who were holding an all-night Ramadan prayer vigil at the Muslim holy compound.
Over 500 hundred Palestinian worshippers were unlawfully arrested, medics were prevented to help the suffocated worshippers and irreparable damages were done to the holy Mosque. The Palestinian Embassy said the move violates international norms that call for respect of religious sanctities and holds Israel fully responsible for any consequences of its actions.
“The Israeli police removed the Muslim worshippers in order to prepare the way for Jewish fanatics to storm the holy compound in the morning. Such hateful and reprehensible scenes, and repeated Israeli violations of the sanctity of the holy places, fuel feelings of anger among all the Palestinian people and Islamic nations. Israeli settlers and soldiers over the past months have also attacked churches, and bishops’ worshippers in order to Judaize Jerusalem.
“We, therefore, call on the progressive peoples, governments, and human rights organizations to condemn and hold Apartheid Israel accountable for these heinous crimes and protect our people. The State of Palestine requests UNSC urgently devise effective measures to ensure the protection of worshippers and the full respect for the historic and legal status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
“The Palestinian people will continue to exercise their right to defend Jerusalem, its mosques, and churches from the ongoing Israeli aggression which is meant to Judaize the holy city of Jerusalem,” said HE Tamer Almassri, the Ambassador of Palestine to Zimbabwe.