Zionist settlers deface Al-Aqsa stones with “Messiah” symbol

QUDS, July 22 (YPA) – Zionist settlers defaced stones in the eastern courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque by painting the alleged “Messiah” symbol in a dangerous act aimed at advancing the Judaization of the holy site.

The Palestinian Authority’s  Quds (Jerusalem) Governorate said Temple groups have called for a mass incursion into Al- Aqsa Mosque next Thursday to coincide with the so-called anniversary of the destruction of the Temple.

The alleged “Messiah” symbol is associated with the ideology advocating the construction of a purported Third Temple. The emblem has become increasingly visible in recent months, appearing on the uniforms of Israeli occupation soldiers and on military vehicles during Israel’s war on Gaza and Lebanon.

Palestinian sources documented the incursions of more than 1,489 Jewish settlers into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem over the past week under heavy protection from Israeli occupation police and special forces, amid a marked escalation in the frequency of the incursions and accelerating efforts to impose a new reality inside the Mosque.

Settler incursions into Aqsa continue under the protection of Israeli occupation police as restrictions on Palestinians continue to intensify.

Settlers enter the Mosque compound in groups through the Magaribeh Gate, the only gate controlled by Israeli occupation authorities since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, while Israeli police continue to impose restrictions on Palestinian worshipers seeking access to the Mosque.

@E.Y.M