Skip to content or view screen version

Mosque-Veto

Palestine Monitor | 15.09.2009 11:27 | Palestine | World

A Palestinian woman died and dozens more were injured as they attempted to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Incompetent and inhumane policing turned the Qalandia checkpoint into a scene of chaos as worshippers gathered for prayer on the third Friday of Ramadan.

Parademics pull a woman from the crush
Parademics pull a woman from the crush


A crowd of several thousand had gathered from 2am, hoping to be among the lucky few admitted to the third holiest Muslim shrine in the world. Israeli rules dictated that entrance would be limited to men over 50 and women over 45, but even these worshippers were restrained behind barbed wire fences as numbers swelled in the searing heat.

article continues

 http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1075

Palestine Monitor
- e-mail: palestinemonitor@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.palestinemonitor.org