Israel Acts to Blunt Criticism of the Occupation as Its Grip Tightens

Israel Acts to Blunt Criticism of the Occupation as Its Grip Tightens

Israel has just emerged from its three-week high holidays, a period that in recent years has been marked by extremist religious Jews making provocative visits to Al Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Many go to pray, in violation of Israel’s international obligations. Most of them belong to groups that seek a Jewish temple…