{"id":1174,"date":"2026-02-22T16:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:23:43","slug":"dozens-of-illegal-israeli-settlers-storm-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-on-5th-day-of-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/dozens-of-illegal-israeli-settlers-storm-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-on-5th-day-of-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers storm Jerusalem\u2019s Al-Aqsa Mosque on 5th day of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem are frequently subjected to harassment during settler incursions into Al-Aqsa <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on the fifth day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Sunday, Palestinian media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israeli settlers were filmed vandalising a cross belonging to a family of Christian activists in the occupied West Bank village of al-Makhrour.<br><br>Settlers have a history of harassing the family, who have been campaigning against Israel&#39;s illegal settlement expansion in the area. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r36iRfenOT\">pic.twitter.com\/r36iRfenOT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish\/status\/2025601484868501625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Illegal settlers entered the flashpoint site and performed Talmudic and provocative rituals in the mosque courtyards under the protection of Israeli police, the official news agency Wafa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency said the settler incursion was part of a series of repeated Israeli measures \u201cto make demographic changes at the mosque and East Jerusalem,\u201d Wafa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem are frequently subjected to harassment during settler raids, including physical assaults on worshippers and restrictions on access to the mosque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramadan began on Wednesday in several Arab and Muslim countries, including Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year during Ramadan, Israel imposes heightened security measures in occupied East Jerusalem and its surroundings, imposing tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Al-Aqsa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli police first permitted settler incursions into the mosque compound in 2003, despite repeated calls from the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem to halt them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world&#8217;s third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area Temple Mount, claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another incident reported by Al-Jazeera, Israeli settlers were filmed vandalising a cross belonging to a family of Christian activists in the occupied West Bank village of al-Makhrour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians view occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, as the capital of their future state, while Israel considers Jerusalem, including both its eastern and western sectors, its capital.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b &#8211; Anadulo Agency<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem are frequently subjected to harassment during settler incursions into Al-Aqsa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[14,15,16,23,24,19,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-1174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conflict-zones","8":"tag-gaza","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-palestine","11":"tag-trump","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-war-crimes","14":"tag-zionist"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}