APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem - 23 September 2021. Palestinian activist Hanadi Al-Halawani speaks during an interview in the old city of Jerusalem.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem - 23 September 2021. Palestinian activist Hanadi Al-Halawani speaks during an interview in the old city of Jerusalem. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Hanadi Al-Halawani. STORYLINE: Israeli forces routinely allow groups, some in the hundreds, of Jewish settlers who live in occupied Palestinian territories to descend on the Al-Aqsa compound under police and army protection, stirring Palestinian fears of an Israeli takeover. In 2000, Israeli politician Ariel Sharon entered the holy site accompanied by some 1,000 Israeli police. His entrance to the compound unleashed the second Intifada, in which more than 3,000 Palestinians and some 1,000 Israelis were killed. In 2017, the Israeli government installed metal detectors at the site’s gates, which led to major confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli forces. And in May, Israeli troops raided the al-Aqsa Mosque several times, with subsequent escalations leading to an 11-day Israeli assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. The area is in Jerusalem’s walled Old City and part of the territory Israel captured in a 1967 Middle East war. Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1980 in a step that was never recognised by the international community. Since 1967, Jordan and Israel agreed that the Waqf, or the Islamic trust, would have control over matters inside the compound, while Israel would control external security. Non-Muslims would be allowed onto the site during visiting hours, but would not be allowed to pray there. Al-Halawani is one of several Palestinian women who have been repeatedly barred by the Israeli authorities from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound because of her political activism. Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam after Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. Jewish settlers, among others, refer to the sanctuary as the "Temple Mount" and claim it for themselves. Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It annexed the entire city in 1980, in a move never recognized by the international community. Footage by/ APAwire
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