Al-Aqsa closure ‘collective punishment’, says former Mufti
A senior Palestinian cleric has denounced Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque following a rare gun attack, calling the measures "collective punishment" that affects thousands of worshippers. Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the former grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian territories, said on Saturday that Israeli authorities have barred clerics from entering the mosque and banned prayers there for a second day after a shootout near the compound left five people dead. […]
