No-Entry Visa to Al-Aqsa
When your Eid prayer line looks like a military checkpoint instead of a congregation.
A Jerusalem family in Eid clothes stands at an Israeli checkpoint gate labeled “Al-Aqsa (Closed for Security),” as riot police shove away worshippers trying to pray. Above the Old City walls, a giant tourism billboard beams: “Visit Jerusalem: Open to Faith, Closed to Palestinians.”
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Occupation prevents Jerusalemites from Eid prayers in Al-Aqsa and assaults worshippers
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