Iran Press/ Middle East: The ban order came as the Palestinians forced Benjamin Netanyahu to do so after the Israeli troops attacked worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque recently.
According to the order, the Israeli police forces must prevent the Israeli settlers from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque, from Wednesday, April 12 until the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
The Zionist far-right Minster of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir reacted to Netanyahu's decision, describing it as a blatant mistake.
An Israeli police raid at the site last week triggered rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
The last ten days of the month hold particular importance for Muslims, who try to increase and intensify their acts of worship during this period. Ramadan is due to end on Friday 21 April.
It also comes amid heightened tensions, with Israeli police forces earlier this month removing Palestinian worshippers from Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East al-Quds as they observed the holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli forces regularly empty Al-Aqsa Mosque of Palestinians outside the five Muslim prayer times, especially overnight and after the dawn prayer, to ensure a smooth incursion of Israeli settlers.
Temple Movement groups, which facilitate the incursions and advocate for the destruction of Al-Aqsa, have called for mass stormings throughout the week-long Passover holiday which started last week.
According to decades-long international agreements, known as the status quo, Al-Aqsa Mosque is an Islamic site where unsolicited visits, prayers and rituals by non-Muslims are forbidden.
Israeli groups, in coordination with Israeli authorities, have long violated the delicate arrangement and facilitated daily raids of the site and performed prayers and religious rituals without permission from Palestinians or Jordan, which is the custodian of Islamic and Christian sites in al-Quds.
Israeli forces meanwhile restrict who can enter Al-Aqsa Mosque and when they can go inside, which is an infringement on their religious freedom.
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