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PA daily calls Israelis visiting the Temple Mount “invaders [who] carried out suspicious provocative tours at the mosque and listened to explanations regarding an alleged Temple”

Headline: “Settlers, members of the police, and Talmud students invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque”
“Twenty-four settlers, 40 members of the Israeli police, and 20 students of Talmudic institutes (i.e., Jewish religious studies academies) invaded the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday [Jan. 31, 2019] from the Mughrabi Gate, under increased protection by the occupation’s special forces. The invaders carried out suspicious provocative tours at the mosque and listened to explanations regarding an alleged Temple before they left the mosque.”

The PA and its leaders consider all of the Temple Mount an integral part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Therefore they view any presence of Jews on the mount as an "invasion." It should be noted that Jews who visit the Temple Mount only enter some sections of the open areas, and do not enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque or the Dome of the Rock. Israeli police ban Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount because of threats of violence by Palestinians.

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