Israeli settlers storm complex in groups and attempt to perform ‘Talmudic rituals’, according to a Waqf official.

Article is from October 4th.

  • zephyreksOPM
    532·
    8 months ago

    Al-Aqsa is the third holiest site in Islam (after Mecca and Medina). According to the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad was miraculously transported from Mecca to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and ascended to heaven there.

    Al-Aqsa is, in the Jewish faith, considered to be the site of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem. According to the Talmud, it is where the Binding of Isaac occured, the location of the Holy of Holies, and where the world was created.

      • Tarte@kbin.social
        63·
        8 months ago

        Hamas yesterday fired 5000 missiles at Israel and took hostages which they called „Operation Al Aqsa Storm“. At a first glance, it sounds like the two incidents might be related…

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
      436·
      8 months ago

      I thought it was more the whole decades and decades of genocide and stealing their homeland more than this specifically

      • hopelessbyanxiety@lemmygrad.ml
        92·
        8 months ago

        this instance is confusing to me. Everyone acts as if they didn’t know Palestinians are being genocided since +50 years, and as if all this fighting has no historical context

      • Treczoks@kbin.social
        4·
        8 months ago

        Well, and this might have been the straw that broke the camels back. It is no excuse for what they are doing, just a reason.

    • quatschkopf34@feddit.de
      1611·
      8 months ago

      Are you suggesting that this justifies the killing and kidnapping of hundreds of civilians? Yes, fundamentalist Israeli settlers are a big part of the problem but this new level of terror won‘t help anybody

      • Treczoks@kbin.social
        71·
        8 months ago

        I never said anything about “justification”. But it could have been the spark that ignited the powder barrel.

      • Aria@lemmygrad.ml
        31·
        8 months ago

        New level of terror? Is it? Or do you only care when the level of terror becomes slightly more symmetrical?

    • sartalon@futurology.todayEnglish
      911·
      8 months ago

      Wait, are you suggesting that a bunch of fundies, praying at a temple, is a reasonable excuse to target high populated civilian areas, to maximize innocent deaths? Oh and add kidnapping to the list too.

      Oh noes, they “Stormed the site and prayed.”

      Better kill them all.

      • library_napper@monyet.cc
        21·
        8 months ago

        Possible that they would do this on a Jewish holiday. The raids of Al-Aqsa usually happen on Muslim holidays