The Jerusalem Governorate stated that this year’s Jewish Passover witnessed seven documented attempts to bring "animal sacrifices" into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, marking the highest number recorded since 1967.
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In a brief statement on Sunday evening, the Governorate noted that settlers succeeded in two of these attempts to reach the Old City of occupied Jerusalem with the sacrificial animals.
The Jerusalem Governorate had previously warned of attempts by settler groups to introduce animal sacrifices into the Old City. This is viewed as an escalatory step aimed at imposing new settlement religious rituals during Passover, amid the ongoing Israeli closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The statement emphasized that these attempts represent the pinnacle of utilizing religious rituals as a colonial tool to "Judaize" Al-Aqsa Mosque. The goal is to establish the mosque as the site of the "alleged Temple" by offering and slaughtering a lamb or kid inside, serving as a moral precursor to the physical establishment of the Temple across the entire mosque area, according to biblical concepts.
The Governorate explained that "Temple organizations" are exploiting the historic closure of Al-Aqsa to launch intensive propaganda campaigns on their official websites, using AI-generated images and videos to mobilize extremist followers and forcibly impose the sacrificial ritual.
The Jerusalem Governorate called for urgent local and international action to stop attempts to impose animal sacrifices and "Judaization" facts at Al-Aqsa. It urged for the protection of holy sites from any attempts to undermine their Islamic identity and called for an end to the mosque’s closure.
Israeli occupation authorities continue to close Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the 37th consecutive day under the pretext of a "state of emergency" and security conditions.
Authorities are reportedly using this pretext to tighten control over Al-Aqsa, while popular calls from Jerusalemites grow to mobilize at the nearest military checkpoints and points surrounding the mosque in an effort to break the siege and force its reopening.
For the ninth time since 1967, the occupation has closed Al-Aqsa Mosque on a Friday. Its courtyards and prayer halls remained empty of worshippers, except for a few employees of the Islamic Waqf Department, marking the fifth consecutive Friday of closure.
