Chairman of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, said that Yeshiva students were among the settlers who stormed the mosque and performed Talmudic rituals while inside, deliberately provoking Muslim worshippers. The latest incident occurred just a day after 1,000 Jewish settlers rushed the mosque. "We are outraged over the deafening silence of Muslim leaders on the storming by 2,473 Jewish settlers of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, who then performed Talmudic rituals during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot – for the third consecutive day," the statement read. If the actions of the Jewish settlers are not challenged, they will be free to enter the mosque without any resistance. "(Therefore) we call upon the world’s Muslim leaders to be united and respond strongly to the aggression on the Al-Aqsa mosque," they added.

Source: New Strait Times October 20, 2019 09:11 UTC