ISRAELI POLICE BARS ENTRY OF SCHOOL BOOKS INTO AL-AQSA, ARRESTS MINORS

Jerusalem, 10 Dzulqa’dah 1436/25 Agustus 2015 (MINA) – Israeli police on Monday prevented the entry of school books into Islamic schools in al-Mosque and arrested three Jerusalemite minors.

The Islamic Awqaf Department revealed that Israeli policemen barred the entry of school books into the Aqsa Mosque. It was planned to distribute books to students of Islamic schools in the Aqsa Mosque, particularly, Al-Aqsa Islamic School for Boys and Al-Aqsa Islamic School for Girls, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The department said that the management had to distribute books at the gates of the Aqsa Mosque.

In a similar context, the Israeli policemen arrested three Jerusalemite minors at noon on Monday from the holy site.

Media sources revealed that the minors were identified as Mahdi Abu Asab, Ahmad al-Salaymeh, and Adham Zaatari. They were taken to a nearby police station.

On the other hand, the Jerusalemite woman, who was assaulted and arrested in the morning on Monday, has been released while another woman remained at custody.

A state of high tension prevailed at the vicinity of the Aqsa Mosque due to barring Palestinian women, of different ages, from entering the Aqsa Mosque at 11 a.m. which is the time of settlers’ repeated incursion into the Mosque.

Palestinian men, however, were allowed to enter the holy site on condition of submitting their IDs before entry. (T/P006/RO6)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)