Palestinians have refused to hold a traditional pre-burial ceremony at Al Aqsa mosque for one of the 6 victims in Sunday’s crash on Route 90. They accuse East Jerusalem resident Ala’ Qirresh of having been involved in the sale of an Arab-owned house to Jews.

Several residents prevented the victim’s family from bringing his body to the al-Aqsa Mosque for pre-burial prayers, eyewitnesses said. The residents claimed that Qirresh was a “traitor” who was involved in a real estate transaction with Jews.

According to the eyewitnesses, a fistfight erupted at the entrance to the Temple Mount between members of Qirresh’s family and a group of young men who tried to stop them from bringing the body into the mosque.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)