All-out tensions in Jerusalem

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After the Hamas missile attack, Binyamin Netanyahu, in full disagreement with his foreign minister, had to take action.

From our correspondent in Jerusalem, Danièle Kriegel

Ihe scenario was predictable. Especially since it has been repeated regularly in recent years. Just before the Passover holidays, the Jewish Passover, a small group of Messianic Jews announced their intention to go and perform the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb on the Temple Mount, which is also the Haram el Sharif, al-Aqsa, the third holy place of Islam. Of course, the Israeli authorities banned it.

The police, it should be remembered, arrests any Jewish visitor who formulates prayers aloud on the esplanade of the Mosques. Nevertheless, Hamas jumped at the chance and launched on social networks – Tiktok and Instagram – an appeal to Muslims “to come en masse to defend al-Aqsa”. And overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, nearly 400 young Palestinians locked themselves in…