Who are the Jewish groups who enter Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound?

Muslim worshippers perform Friday prayers outside the Dome of Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem during Ramadan [File: Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]

Occupied East Jerusalem – Last week, Israeli forces assaulted Palestinian Muslims at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in an effort to make way for groups of ultranationalist Jews entering the site under police protection.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli Mosque) and the Dome of the Rock, is in Jerusalem’s Old City, which sits on the eastern, Palestinian, side of Jerusalem.