Ramallah: Jewish activists from the Temple Mount Faithful Group and other ultraorthodox Jewish groups have distributed written notes demanding Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims avoid Al Haram Al Sharif to allow Jews to mark their Passover feast and provide their lamb sacrifices in Al Aqsa Mosque itself.

The Jewish activists placed the notes at the gates of Al Haram Al Sharif and spread them all over the old town of the occupied city.

Listing Thursday 5pm as the curfew for all non-Jews to leave from the holy site, the notes stated that on Passover Jews should have the opportunity to offer sacrifices in their holiest place (the Temple Mount, which is the Jewish name of Al Aqsa Mosque).

The activists are attempting to revive what they claim is a more than 2,000-year-old ritual where they re-enact the Passover sacrifice under the guidance of Jewish rabbis who sing hymns and offer young lambs as Passover sacrifices.

Palestinian leaders are concerned Israelis would use the opportunity to divide the Muslim holy site.

Under strict police protection, dozens of Jewish ultraorthodox activists raided Al Haram Al Sharif to make the necessary preparations to mark Passover inside the holy shrine, the third holiest place for Muslims.

“Evacuating Al Haram Al Sharif is just a dream which will never come true,’ said Shaikh Omar Al Kiswani, Director General of Al Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem. “Calls to evacuate Al Haram Al Sharif are provocative but empty calls since this will never happen.”

Shaikh Al Kiswani held the Israeli government and police fully accountable for the actions of the Israeli colonists. “The Israeli government and police should instantly act to put the Israeli colonists in Al Haram Al Sharif and the entire Occupied East Jerusalem under control as a way to keep the entire situation under control,” he warned. “It is the honourable and sole duty of every Muslim to go to Al Haram Al Sharif to protect it against Jewish provocation and greed.”

He urged Muslims to act during this critical time. “The gates of Al Haram Al Sharif will not be sealed off at all and there will be no restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al Haram Al Sharif,” he told Gulf News.

“The myths and false narratives of the Jewish colonists cannot and will not create new reality at all,” he said.