JERUSALEM: Israeli police clashed with Palestinian worshippers at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as an Israeli holiday coincided with the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Jewish visits to the site holy to both religions angered Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Police claimed that the protesters barricaded themselves in the mosque, from where they threw chairs and stones at forces who “dispersed” them. Al-Aqsa mosque director Omar al-Kiswani accused Israel of violating an agreement not to allow such visits during the last days of Ramadan. This year’s holiday coincided with the final days of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting.

Source: Pakistan Today June 02, 2019 16:07 UTC