ISRAEL COURT BANS FOUR  WOMEN FROM ENTERING AQSA COMPOUND

Israel court bans four women from entering Aqsa compound for periods of between 10 and 60 days. (Photo: Ma’an)

Al-Quds (Occupied Jerusalem),  8 Jumadil Awwal 1436/27 February 2015 (MINA)–  An Israeli court on Thursday banned four Palestinian women from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for periods of between 10 and 60 days, a lawyer said.

The women were detained on Wednesday as they were leaving the holy site and taken for interrogation at a local police station, lawyer Ramze Kteilat told Ma’an.

Khadija Khuweis was banned for a total of 60 days and forced to pay bail set at 1,000 shekels ($254), Ma’an News Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Jihad al-Zarim was banned for 30 days while Latifa Mkheimar and Fatima Elayyan were banned for 10 days from the compound.

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It is unclear why the women were banned.

The Al-Aqsa compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque and is the third holiest site in Islam.

It is also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place as it sits where Jews believe the First and Second Temples once stood. The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. (T/P010/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

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