"The actions by the Jerusalem police and the Shin Bet internal security force, both now under far-right leadership, represent a rupture in the status quo agreement dating back to the aftermath of the 1967 war, which stipulates that only Muslims are permitted to pray in the sacred compound around the mosque, known as the al-Haram al-Sharif to Muslims, which also encompasses the seventh-century Dome of the Rock shrine."
"A series of arrests of Muslim caretaker staff, bans on access for hundreds of Muslims, and escalating incursions by radical Jewish groups culminated this week in the arrest of the imam of al-Aqsa mosque and an Israeli police raid during evening prayers on the first night of Ramadan."
"Al-Aqsa is a detonator, said Daniel Seidemann, a Jerusalem lawyer who has regularly advised Israeli, Palestinian and foreign governments on legal and historical issues in the city. It's usually around the same thing a real or perceived threat to the integrity of sacred space. And that's what we're witnessing. There have been provocations frequently during Ramadan, but things are exponentially mo"
A six-decade status quo governing prayer at Jerusalem's al-Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount has collapsed amid arrests, bans, and incursions. Israeli forces arrested the imam of al-Aqsa and raided evening prayers on Ramadan's first night after a series of arrests of Muslim caretakers, bans on access for hundreds of worshippers, and escalating visits by radical Jewish groups. Jerusalem police and the Shin Bet, now under far-right leadership, overturned post-1967 arrangements that restricted prayer in the compound to Muslims and protect the Dome of the Rock. Historical precedents show such changes can ignite wider unrest and regional conflict.
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