Global Outrage Mounts Over Israel's Violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli security forces beating Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque has led to rocket barrages from Palestinian militant factions in Gaza and Lebanon, and a new military operation by the Israeli government. The conflict is caused by the increasing radicalization of the Israeli settler movement, and its political patronage by the Netanyahu government. The threat of animal sacrifice by settlers at the site of Al Aqsa has driven tensions for decades, and the presence of extremist figures in the government has emboldened them. Palestinians have been holding nightly prayer vigils inside the mosque to defend against what they view as a prelude to a later destruction of the mosque.