Israel will bear the consequences if it allows Jews to hold a flag march in the Old City of Jerusalem or go anywhere near the Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount, the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and other Palestinian factions said Wednesday.
Some Jewish groups and individuals have announced their intention to visit the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day.
Over the past few days, Palestinian activists have used social media to call on Muslims to converge on the site next Sunday and Monday to “confront extremist settlers who are planning to storm into the Aqsa Mosque.”
The calls are being directed to the Palestinians under the banner: “You will not raise your flags at the Aqsa Mosque.”
This year, however, the flag march is expected to take place early next week, and its route will include Damascus Gate. The Palestinians say carrying or raising Israeli flags at Damascus Gate is a “provocation.”
Hamas response
Allowing Jews to “storm” the Aqsa Mosque or hold a flag rally would be regarded as a crossing of all redlines, Hamas said Wednesday.
“The leaders of the occupation will bear the heavy cost of its racist and extremist behavior,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said.
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