Hawzah News Agency - (Occupied Palestine) - Political figures have shown solidarity with Sheikh Sabri after Israel's banning him from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the grand mufti of al – Quds (Jerusalem), managed Friday to enter the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite an earlier Israeli ban.

According to Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground, Sabry was accompanied by many of Palestinian lawyers and activists.

On Thursday, Sabry warned against the Israeli targeting of what he described as "the religious symbols" in the occupied city.

In a press conference he had held, Sabry said: "The Israeli occupation undermines our freedom of expression by saying that we trigger incitement against the occupation."

"When we say that Al-Rahma gate is an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, they [Israelis] consider it as an incitement," he stated.

Political and religious figures from Jerusalem gathered Thursday in support for Sabri, who was banned by the Israelis to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Observers say the Israeli accusations against Sabri are politically-motivated to curb the man's activism which aims at "exposing the Israeli violations" in the city.

"I told them [Israelis] during the investigations that our position is clear, we will keep defending our right at Al-Aqsa," he asserted.