How many people are inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque with you now?
Sheikh Ali: They are probably 200 or a little more individual inside the mosque. During Zhuhr and Maghrib Prayers, many Palestinians above 50 years old enter Al-Aqsa to pray. In such circumstances of the Israeli blockade, the Israeli police allow Palestinians above 50 years old the to enterinto Al-Aqsa for short time of prayer given that they must first give their ID cardsto the occupation forces. If any of those allowed to temporarily pray inside Al-Aqsa stay a little bit late, they have to go to the headquarters of the Israeli Intelligence Agency to receive their IDs. IOL: What is your daily program inside Al-Aqsa under this tight siege? Sheikh Ali: After`Isha Prayer, we tightly close all doors inside Al-Aqsa and turn off all lights. We usually do not move inside Al-Aqsa, even we are unable to go to bathrooms to do ablution, because any one who exits the mosque will be arrested. We pray away from the mosque’s windows because the Israeli police stand by the mosque’s windows trying to
