REPORT – The Passover weekend, the Jewish Passover, was marked by clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, in which 20 were injured.
From our correspondent in Jerusalem
On the day after Passover, the Jewish Passover, litanies rise from the Western Wall while detonations ring out from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. On the pedestrian bridge that leads non-Muslims to the Esplanade of Mosques, we meet Western tourists, drawn to the religious site despite the ongoing confrontation, and Israeli clergy, who often come with their families, not wanting to miss the appointment of traditional festivals . The first indulge in a thrill that spices up their journey to the Holy Land, the second, arriving in groups, sometimes wearing biblical outfits worthy of the Second Temple period twenty centuries ago. The sound of explosions comes closer. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is surrounded by Israeli security forces. The believers fled to the holy place. They re-enact, in a very small format, the Battle of Camerone, in which the French Foreign Legion faced the Mexican troops…
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