The Israeli Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled to allow Jewish settlers to perform Talmudic rituals during their provocative raids into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem.
The court considered intoning Jewish prayer “does not raise worry of harm befalling national security, public safety or individual security”.
The court has overturned a police order barring three Jews from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after they prayed there.
The court has overturned a police order barring three Jewish settlers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for 15 days for prostrating themselves and intoning a Jewish prayer there in violation of understandings with Muslim authorities, questioning the legal basis of such enforcement.
The court ruled that those actions do not disrupt police officers’ duties and public order.
Thus, the decision gives a green light to the Israeli settlers to perform Talmudic rituals in al-Aqsa Mosque in violation of understandings with Muslim authorities, questioning the legal basis of such enforcement.
In October 2021, the Israeli Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has revoked a previous decision of the Magistrate’s Court permitting “silent prayers” for Jewish settlers at the compound.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, located in occupied Jerusalem’s Old City and housing Islam’s third-holiest site, is referred to as al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, by Muslims. According to an agreement in place since 1967, non-Muslims are allowed onto the site during visiting hours, but they are barred from praying there.
The ruling came a week before far-right Israeli settlers are due to hold an annual flag march through the Old City, marking its capture by the Israeli occupation in the 1967 war.
