From our special envoy in Jerusalem,
Nasser Qouss is worried.
On the eve of the first Friday of Ramadan, this activist from the Old City of Jerusalem says he hopes that the calm observed for four days around the Esplanade of Mosques will continue.
“It’s a testing day
,” he admits, puffing on his hookah and telling his misbaha, a rosary of pearls, while several tens of thousands of Muslim faithful are expected for midday prayer.
The Israeli police, in a state of alert, say they want to guarantee
“free access”
to the third holiest site of Islam but let it be known that they would not tolerate any demonstration likely to be interpreted as a celebration of the October 7 massacres.
“Everyone agrees that this day must pass peacefully
,” explains the activist, who, as a young man, was the bodyguard of Palestinian leader Faisal al-Husseini.
Sunday evening, when the start of the holy month was announced, things had…
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