Ramadan will begin this year on March 10, due to the war between Israel and Hamas, with fighting raging in Jerusalem. Against the advice of security guards, the Israeli government decided to restrict access to the mosque for large gatherings.
According to the journalist of Radio France International, who is in Jerusalem, Michel Paul, Fasting is the holiest month in the Muslim calendar, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its holy place, is the 3rd holiest month in the world. Islam.
On the evening of Sunday, February 18, Israel’s Minister of Security decided to impose a ban on Muslim worshipers from gathering there this year.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu therefore accepted the requests of the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, for the Palestinians of the West Bank, who live in East Jerusalem for the first time and that the Arabs of Israel want to participate in the prayers. .
Selection criteria, including the trustees’ age and place of residence, were not disclosed. For the police, the army and the security department of Israel’s Shin Bet, this is a bad decision that could endanger the entire region, because the Arab parties say that it is a new provocation by Ben Gvir.
One of the commentators insists that this is the real Prime Minister. One writer said: “It’s Hamas’s dream come true: Palestinians from all sides will unite. It is a political scandal that could turn into a disaster.
