Israel bans grand mufti of Jerusalem from Al-Aqsa Mosque over Gaza sermon

LONDON: Israeli authorities on Wednesday extended their Al-Aqsa Mosque entry ban on Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, over a Gaza sermon. Sheikh Hussein’s lawyer said that Israel extended an initial eight-day ban on entering the holy site in East Jerusalem to an additional six months. Authorities imposed the first ban after a Friday sermon in late July, during which Sheikh Hussein denounced the Israeli starvation policy against 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, Wafa news agency reported.

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