The New Arab – April 10, 2026
Israeli settlers have increasingly tried to smuggle animals to sacrifice at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in recent days, around the Jewish holiday of Passover, triggering widespread fears of an attempt to take over one of the holiest sites in Islam.
According to the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem governorate, there were at least seven attempts to smuggle animals on Sunday. Israeli authorities have closed the compound for 40 days, including during Ramadan and Eid, using the war on Iran as justification.
Various reports said that settlers were caught in the Old City, leading to Al Aqsa, with goats and sheep.
Despite Israeli authorities reopening the holy site to Muslims early on Thursday morning, there have been repeated Israeli incursions.
Ismail Patel, the UK-based author chair of Friends of al-Aqsa, told The New Arab that the animal sacrifice attempts are not just a religious provocation, but a political one.
“It signals that they are no longer petitioning for access, they are asserting ownership…the sacrifice does not merely accompany their ambition to demolish al-Aqsa and establish a Third Temple – it enacts ambition. It is worship as conquest, and that is why it must be named for what it is – terrorism”.
‘Third Temple’
The bid to smuggle and sacrifice animals at Al-Aqsa is based on the belief of Jewish extremists that al-Aqsa must be destroyed to be replaced by a “Third Temple”.
The “Third Temple”, according to some interpretations of Judaism, must replace al-Aqsa after the site is purified through a series of rituals.
The sacrifices violate a long-standing status quo that forbids Jewish worship at Al-Aqsa, which is the third most holy site in Islam.
Palestinians have long warned that there have been concerted efforts to ‘Judaise’ al-Aqsa, with far-right Israeli extremist figures frequently storming the site, which is the first direction Muslims around the world prayed towards before the Kaa’ba in Makkah.
The Jerusalem governorate added that “Third Temple” organisations had exploited the unprecedented closure of al-Aqsa in order to attempt to carry out sacrifices.
The governorate called for international support to put a stop to the ritual attempts and ensure the protection of the holy site and its Islamic identity and status.
Exploiting wartime
According to Patel, the joint US-Israel war on Iran, coupled with the Israeli wars on Lebanon and Gaza, have been major factors contributing to the gradual attempts to by Jewish extremists to take over al-Aqsa, as the diverted attention has allowed settlers to exploit the closure of the site.
“Every major military escalation in the region has been accompanied by a quiet but decisive encroachment on Al-Aqsa,” he said.
“The most striking recent example: the Israeli Home Front Command unilaterally declared that activities at Al-Aqsa would resume from 6:00 am. A military body setting the opening hours of an Islamic Sanctuary, it has absolutely no legal jurisdiction over,” Patel explained, referring to the partial opening of al-Aqsa following the lengthy forced closure.
“…The fact that this usurpation is happening openly, without serious challenge from the international community, is not just alarming it is a profound and accelerating normalisation of colonial control over one of Islam’s holiest sites,” he added.
Israeli authorities reopened al-Aqsa with extended opening hours for Jewish ‘visitors’ – from 6:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm – amounting to seven hours a day.
Proving yet again – if proof be needed at this stage — that jews are deranged, insane and maniacal murderers. There will be no peace in the world as long as “isra-hell” exists.
there was no second temple
Whenever they use that word “extremists” you know the rest is nonsense. Those so called settlers are nothing different than what their ancestors were up to when they were called Canaanites, or Phoenicians, or Carthaginian’s. Basically neanderthalic tribal people “settling” down somewhere to snack on human meat, sacrificing children and rejoicing with their many holidays.
They are most likely only doing this to provoke more anger, hate and opposition. They want the war in Iran to continue, settling for hunks of Lebanon and Syria now, with the ability of attacking Iran again when they get even stronger. There is no basis to trust any agreement they make. To them, Iran has to be made into a failed nation like Iraq and Syria, to make way for their planned hegemony in the areas and on the world stage.
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Two well known political leaders have pledged their support for Rupert Lowe’s political party, Restore Britain.
Steve Laws is the head of the Remigration Now organisation, which has called for the removal of non-white people from the UK. He claimed to be in “daily” contact with the team advising Mr Lowe, the Times reported. Laws, who has said he is a “proud and British ” and has called Adolf Hitler a “misunderstood politician”, urged Remigration members to become members and branch organisers at Restore to “create a stronghold in that party and really hold some weight over the direction”, the newspaper reported.
“His team around him are literally our guys. I’ve met them all,” Laws said. “I speak to some daily. I’m in because of them.”
La, urged Remigration members to become members and branch organisers at Restore to “create a stronghold in that party and really hold some weight over the direction”, the newspaper reported.“ His team around him are literally our guys. I’ve met them all,” Laws said. “I speak to some daily. I’m in because of them.”Laws has also said in a post on X that it was “incredible the lengths that restorers are going to try and claim I have influence over Restore Britain” .He added: “Sure, my voice has influence amongst the membership but I have no official role or position.”Simon Birkett is the leader of The Woodlander Initiative (TWI), which is buying land to build white-only communities in Britain. Birkett isa firm patriot has said the next general election is “our last shot” and urged the British people to back them. Birkett has said there is a “world of difference” between Reform UK and Restore Britain.“There has never been a political party to go from inception to power in three years in this country, ” said Birkett, who has previously said he had given up on change through democratic means in a video last year. “It would be a very difficult thing to achieve, however this is our last shot at a political route.” Birkett’s Woodlander Initiative has ties with Patriotic Alternative, a group led by Mark Collett. Among Restore’s policies are proposals to abolish the asylum system, “end political Islam” and mass deport all illegal immigrants in the UK. When contacted by The Standard, Mr Lowe and Restore Britain did not directly respond to questions over the support of far-right extremists.A statement from Mr Lowe’s parliamentary office said: “It is wonderful to hear from the Standard for the first time, following absolutely no mention of our historic growth, the quickest in British political history.”“This is a pathetic smear campaign. It won’t work. Ordinary Londoners are looking for a political party that represents them… One that will deport all illegal migrants, reverse mass legal migration, and ensure that the British people are put at the top of the agenda, each and every time.”He continued: “This is what Londoners across the capital want, and that’s what Restore Britain is unapologetically offering.”“I will defend Restore Britain’s position, and only Restore Britain’s position”, he added. Mr Lowe has been the MP for Great Yarmouth since he was elected as a representative of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in 2024. He was suspended from Reform in March 2025Mr Lowe launched Restore Britain as a political party in February this year, receiving backing from, Elon Musk. It had previously been set up as a pressure group and political movement by Mr Lowe in 2025.YouGov polling from April 6 to 7 found massive support from Brits said they would vote for Restore Britain in a general election .Laws, who has said he is a “proud Brit” and has, urged Remigration members to become members and branch organisers at Restore to “create a stronghold in that party and really hold some weight over the direction”, the newspaper reported.
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Jews sacrificing at the temple, surprise surprise. And noone wonders why their temples were always destroyed or why theyr kicked out of every country theyve ever been in. Abraham is 1800bc, solid Canaanites sacrificing innocent children to Baal n Moloch. Moses 1300bc = Canaanite. David n Solomon 950bc, Solomon built many temples specifically for sacrificing. 20,000+ burnt baby skeletons discovered stuffed in clay pots in Carthage (Canaanites). Yahweh doesnt exist till 300bc, so dont think for a second the jewish god is the same as the Christian god. Judeo-Christian was always a jewish con. They just needed a new face to hide behind but theyr still sacrificing to Baal n Moloch. Theyr soulless evil and noone on the planet will miss them.
Imo the sole purpose of building at the exact same spot is so noone can dig under and find the thousands of clay pots. This will expose them for who they truly are.
God does not want a new third temple built or animals sacrifices. It is an insult to Him.