Thousands of Israeli settlers gather at Al-Buraq Wall plaza for religious rituals
Large numbers of Israeli settlers entered the Al-Buraq Wall plaza west of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and performed Talmudic rites.
On Sunday, a massive group of Israeli settlers moved into the Al-Buraq Wall plaza, located just west of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and carried out religious rituals associated with the Talmud. The incursion w. Earlier that day, settlers also breached the mosque's courtyards through the Moroccan Gate, despite heavy Israeli military presence. Local sources told Wafa that about 240 colonists entered the compound, violating a 1967 status-quo agreement that forbids such activities.
Why it matters
The incursion challenges a long-standing status-quo agreement and heightens Israeli-Palestinian tensions over Jerusalem's holy sites.
How this story developed
- Sep 1 EU debates ban on settlement products as Israeli forces raze West Bank homes
- Sep 8 The UK government announced a fast‑track plan to ban imports from Israeli settlements.
- Sep 8 Israel closed the UK consulate in East Jerusalem and barred British MPs and officials from entering Israel.
- Sep 8 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested the Trump administration could retaliate against Britain over its new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements.
- Sep 8 Canada and a dozen European countries announced coordinated bans on settlement products.
- Sep 9 UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese called the UK settlement trade ban a tentative step and urged broader sanctions.
- Sep 9 UK joined eleven other countries in imposing a ban on West Bank settlement products.
- Sep 9 The sanctions were announced immediately before the start of Rosh Hashanah.
- Sep 9 Eight Arab and Muslim states publicly praised the United Kingdom’s ban on settlement products.
- Sep 10 Israeli opposition parties offered no substantive response to the UK sanctions.
- Sep 12 Eisenkot’s Yashar party entered the race with a poll showing 23 projected seats.
- Sep 13 US activists created a whistle‑blower hotline and warned firms could be targeted under anti‑BDS laws.
- Sep 14 British foreign secretary expected to announce a trade ban on settlement‑linked goods.
- Sep 18 The UN rights office issued a warning that the displacement of over 33,000 refugees from West Bank camps may amount to crimes against humanity.
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