Around 40,000 Palestinians performed Eid al-Adha prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday, amid restrictions imposed by occupying Israeli forces. Al-Aqsa director Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani told The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site, Al-Araby al-Jadeed, that worshippers were beaten by Israeli forces, who prevented thousands of young men from entering the gates of the mosque compound. Dozens were injured from beatings with batons and rifle butts, particularly at the King Faisal, Hatta and Al-Silsilah Gates. During the Eid sermon, Sheikh Youssef Abu Sneineh addressed the Israeli restrict…