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Meanwhile, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed seeks “freedom of worship for members of all religions, as stipulated in the standardization agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel,” says policy expert Moshe Albo. “King Abdullah claims this violates the existing status quo and the peace agreement between Jordan and Israel.”
“This is crazy what we’re doing. We’re in Auschwitz, a delegation of Arabs and Israelis. I hope that in 10 to 20 years’ time, this won’t be news,” said Rawan Osman.
Ex-parliamentary chairman Ali Motahhari’s admission that Iran’s nuclear program was military from the start has caused a stir in Iran and reflects the disagreements within Iran’s military-religious leadership on the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Israel Police deployed thousands of officers to the capital as part of its state of alert amid heightened tensions.
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At an Iftar dinner, the Israeli defense minister said a minority extremist group is harming Muslim worshipping rights.
In his Ramadan prayer, the imam calls for the “conquest and liberation of the Al-Aqsa mosque” and the death of the Jews and their “hypocritical supporters.”
“During Ramadan, Israel ensured that hundreds of thousands of Muslims could go to the Temple Mount and pray at Al-Aqsa despite provocations by terrorist organizations, despite attempts to stoke violence,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir blasted the Israel Police for letting Raed Salah visit the Temple Mount while refusing to allow a right-wing march to take place in the Old City.
“We understand why some of our friends aren’t here today, though it is a little disappointing,” said Shmuel Cohen of Jerusalem. “There is no reason it needs to be this way. What do the Palestinians who caused this gain from this? This is their holy month, and they use Al-Aqsa this way?”
Some 400 Palestinian rioters were arrested on Temple Mount following clashes with police.
Some 3,000 police, Border Police and member of other branches of the security forces were on duty in Jerusalem with streets around the Old City closed.
