Previously: Israeli Forces Enter Mosque in Jerusalem, Hurt 117+ Palestinians
Every time there is any kind of global distraction, Israel takes the opportunity to just start randomly attacking Palestinians.
People collecting tear gas canisters and rubber bullets fired at them by Israeli Occupation Forces in Al-Aqsa.
These rubber bullets are likely to be made by IMI Systems, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems which still has 9 sites across the UK.pic.twitter.com/iao20T71j3
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) April 22, 2022
The Israeli Occupation Forces used remote-controlled drones to drop tear gas on Palestinians inside Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound. #AlAqsaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/3l4ZpicveC
— #FreeAhmadManasra (@m7mdkurd) April 22, 2022
This is I guess collective punishment for some of the stabbing attacks that have taken place recently.
Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed.
The renewed violence at the site, which is sacred to Jews and Muslims, came despite Israel temporarily halting Jewish visits, which are seen by the Palestinians as a provocation.
Palestinians and Israeli police have regularly clashed at the site over the last week at a time of heightened tensions following a string of deadly attacks inside Israel and arrest raids in the occupied West Bank. Three rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
The string of events has raised fears of a repeat of last year, when protests and violence in Jerusalem eventually boiled over, helping to ignite an 11-day Gaza war and communal violence in Israel’s mixed cities.
Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers are expected at the site later in the day for the main weekly prayers as they observe the holy month of Ramadan.
Palestinian youths hurled stones toward police at a gate leading into the compound, according to two Palestinian witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns. The police, in full riot gear, then entered the compound, firing rubber bullets and stun grenades.
The Palestinian Red Crescent medical service said at least 27 Palestinians were wounded, two of them seriously. There was no immediate comment from Israel, which is largely shut down for the end of the week-long Jewish Passover holiday.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City is the third holiest site in Islam. The sprawling esplanade on which it is built is the holiest site for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount because it was the location of two Jewish temples in antiquity. It lies at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and clashes there have often ignited violence elsewhere.
Anyway, we have to support Israel because they’re the only democracy in the Middle East.
And our values of democracy are who we are – because those are our values, and our values are who we are in a democracy.
The moment when the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning. pic.twitter.com/Nl2rchpu5h
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) April 22, 2022
You know – most other Moslems don’t do anything to help these Palestinians.
Not anymore, at least – they kind of used to.
It sucks for them, I’m sure.
But you know what?
Things are tough all over.
When it comes to #Palestine we all resist!❤️🇵🇸
* Taken in Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem today!📍#AlAqsaUnderAttack#FreePalestine
pic.twitter.com/beHM7M1xtY— Jenin98 #BravePalestine (@ninplas98) April 15, 2022