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Palestinian Muslims pray during the first Friday Prayer of Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli authorities allowed Palestinians only those who above 40 years of age men and all women, in Jerusalem on 18 May, 2018 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency] In an attempt to counter Israel’s policy of depriving them of their right to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinians banned from doing so by the occupation authorities are resorting to standing at the nearest access points to the Noble Sanctuary gates, Quds Press has revealed. The Israelis want to keep Palestinian visitors away from the Sanctuary as part of their Judaisation plan for the occupied city of Jerusalem. Those prevented from having access to Al-Aqsa include not only Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, but also natives of Jerusalem itself. Men and women alike are affected. Hanadi Halawani — Umm Mahmood — recalled to Quds Press the atmosphere in Al-Aqsa Mosque during th...

W e have lost more than 5,100,000 Palestinians since 1948 including hundreds and thousands of children like Yousif Shaaban Abu Athra, a 15 year old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli tank shelling in Gaza on 21 March 2017 . The death toll in Indian occupied Kashmir is close to 100,000 including hundreds of pellet guns victims like Insha Mushtaq, a 14 years old girl who become a victim of pellet gun when she was watching a protest from a window of his home. The death toll in Syrian war is more than 400,000 including hundreds and thousands of children like Aylan Kurdi, a three-year- old Syrian boy who drowned on 2 September 2015 in the Mediterranean Sea. Pakistan lost over 50,000 civilians and hundreds of soldiers in war against terror apart from hundreds of civilians killed in drone attacks including 68 children. We have lost 112,667–123,284 civilians in Iraq war and over 31,000 Afghans civilians are estimated to have been killed in the conflict. The Myanmar deat...