Ali Abunimah From the Editors17 September 2015

On Wednesday, I appeared on Al Jazeera’s news magazine Inside Story to discuss Israel’s assault on Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound.

The other guests were Akiva Eldar, senior columnist at Al-Monitor, and Matthew Duss, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.

Today, dozens of members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party entered the compound accompanied by occupation forces.

This provocation came after days of violent Israeli assaults on worshippers and journalists in and around the mosque.

Palestinians view these incursions as part of an increasingly aggressive strategy aimed at an eventual takeover of the compound by Israeli groupsintent on bringing down the mosque and building a Jewish temple in its place.

Watch the video above.
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Israel's Likud party youth members tour Al-Aqsa Mosque

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Dozens of right-wing Israelis, a majority of whom are youths affiliated to Israel's ruling right-wing party Likud, toured the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, while Israeli police officers denied dozens of Palestinian worshipers entry, witnesses told Ma'an.

Witnesses at the compound said that more than 60 right-wing Israelis toured the compound under the protection of Israeli forces and police officers.

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767665