Rape of Al Aqsa cartoon.
Rape of Al Aqsa cartoon.PMW screenshot

A cartoon showing an Israeli soldier about to rape the Al-Aqsa Mosque portrayed as a woman in jail was posted Wednesday by the National Security Forces of the Palestinian Authority, reported Palestinian Media Watch. The cartoon depicts a woman weeping in a prison cell while a drooling Israeli soldier is undoing his belt outside the cell, saying: "Come on, sweetheart."

The woman is wearing a headdress shaped as the Dome of the Rock. Notably, the soldier is portrayed with a hook-nose - a common anti-Semitic stereotype utilized by Arab media outlets.

The cartoon appeared with the text: "Daily cartoon: Al-Aqsa is being raped."

This cartoon appears while tension is high in Jerusalem and Palestinian officials are repeatedly telling Palestinians that Jerusalem and its Muslim holy places are in danger.

PA Chairman Abbas himself implicitly called for the use of violence to keeps Jews away from the Temple Mount, and praised the terrorist who tried to kill Rabbi Yehuda Glick as a "martyr" who died "defending our people's rights and holy places," as reported by Palestinian Media Watch.

Recently, the official PA daily also published two other cartoons which promoted the use of violence to defend Muslim holy sites.

Abbas has also called on Muslims to prevent Jews from visiting the Temple Mount using "all means necessary."