Palestinians slam Al-Aqsa Mosque division plan

Published June 11th, 2023 - 06:47 GMT
Al-Aqsa mosque
Tens of thousands Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 17, 2023, on the night of 27 Ramadan, believed to be Laylat al-Qadr, one of the holiest nights during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Palestinians have launched an online campaign against the Israeli plan to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. 

The anti-Al-Aqsa Mosque division plan, named "Lan Yanqasem" which means "it will not be divided", was met with a huge contribution on social media. 

A Palestinian woman, Hanadi Halawani, has shared a video online warning about the upcoming plan which was suggested by Knesset member Amit Halevi. 

Halawani said that Israel's plan will allow Muslim Palestinians to use one part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, but banned them from using the other courtyard of the mosque. She warned that Israel is planning to start dividing Al-Aqsa Mosque as a start of a bigger plan to destroy the holy mosque and build the Jewish's alleged Solomon's Temple.

According to media outlets, the temporal division work by restricting Palestinian entries to Al-Aqsa Mosque during specific times. Spatial division entails the division of the holy site between Muslims and Jews in terms of physical space.

A Twitter user slammed the proposed plan to annex Al-Aqsa Mosque which was suggested by an Israeli member of the parliament and said: "We will break this plan."

Moreover, the Deputy Director General of the Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem, Najeh Bakirat condemned the plan and stated: "The occupation government has a real intention to implement the plan to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque spatially, and it must be taken into account, as it represents a serious attempt to impose it."

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