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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
The ferocious assaults by Israeli forces on the grounds of al-Aqsa have caught the attention of millions worldwide. While the evidence of brutality is evident at first sight, it is necessary to zoom out and observe this equation in its totality. These regular assaults are carried out to ease the passage of Israeli citizens and settlers, including members of the extremist Temple Movement, into the compound. These groupsassert that a Jewish temple must be built in al-Aqsa’s place and are working to achieve that objective. In a classic case of what Jewish Iraqi lawyer Yusef al-Kabir referred to a…