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Palestinians head to Al-Aqsa for last Ramadan Friday
Published Friday 17/08/2012 (updated) 18/08/2012 15:24
Men over 40 years old and women are able to enter Jerusalem without
a permit. (MaanImages/File)
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Thousands of worshipers performed the morning prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Friday, with a quarter-million expected to throng the holy city throughout the day.

Meanwhile, Israeli police deployed in thousands throughout East Jerusalem and the Old City, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told Ma'an.

Men over 40 years old and women are able to enter Jerusalem without a permit, he said.

The last Friday of Ramadan is the culmination of the holy month of fasting and prayer, before the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, which will fall on Saturday or Sunday depending on lunar movements.

The Al Aqsa Foundation said thousands performed morning prayers and were addressed by Sheikh Yousef Abu Snaina and Dr. Jamal Amr.

Rosenfeld said there were no disturbances and police were prepared for hundreds of thousands of worshipers expected throughout Friday.
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1 ) Brian Cohen / Israel
17/08/2012 12:48
Israel allows Muslim worshippers at Judaism's holiest site, since Al Aqsa was built on the remnants of the ancient Jewish Temple. At the same time, Palestinian Muslim leaders lie and say there is no Jewish history, and that the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron is only a Muslim holy site - despite the fact that in was a Jewish holy site for a thousand years before Islam existed. The Palestinians have to overcome their hate in order to make peace. We hope it will happen, but don't expect it soon.
2 ) J. Jadallah / USA
17/08/2012 16:10
On 10 March 1948, a group of eleven men, veteran Zionist leaders together with young military Jewish officers, put the final touches to a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. That same evening, military orders were dispatched to the units on the ground to prepare for the systematic expulsion of the Palestinians from vast areas of the country … When it was over, more than half of Palestine's native population, close to 800,000 people, had been uprooted. Source: Ilan Pappe
3 ) J. Jadallah / USA
17/08/2012 16:13
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.... Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work...." --Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 1, 2, 7, and 23 Yes it is an outrage the Zionist Nazi Israeli government does not hold these values for all its people. Only if are Jewish do you have rights... Muslims and Christians are Palestinian and thus do not have the basic human rights entitled to all human beings!
4 ) Arnold / Canada
17/08/2012 18:08
J. Jadallah / USA. On Nov 30 1947 the UN carved out a State of Palestine and a State of Israel. On May 14 1948 Israel formerly named David Ben-Gurion as its first PM. On May 15 1948 Palestine , Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordon all attacked Israel. Source : Encyclopedia Britannica and every other news source of the era.
5 ) David Child / USA
18/08/2012 06:35
Al Aqsa is The Islamic mosque of the Palestinians. This is Palestinian land, and the Palestinians are THE PEOPLE and culture of this land! It is a sad thing that the Arab Nation did not completely defeat Isreal, and drive these terrorists out of their land many decades ago.
6 ) Sophie / USA
18/08/2012 22:43
"Terrorists"? Israelis? I've never seen them killing their children, sending them out into minefields with keys around their necks. I've never seen them using their children as shields in their wars. Fictional Palestine continues to be the barrier to peace, time and time and time again.
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