Barghouthi: Third intifada will continue

Mustafa Barghouthi, general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, told local news site Palestine Today on Thursday that "the third intifada will continue.

"It will not be stopped by Israeli oppression."

Many have questioned whether the tensions in Jerusalem over al-Aqsa Mosque could erupt into a third intifada, or uprising.

The second intifada broke out in September 2000 after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited the holy site.

Worshippers pray in the streets of Jerusalem after the lock-down of al-Aqsa (Twitter / @AsemAlnabeh

Just after Barghouthi made his comments, Israeli police chief Yohanon Danino told Israeli news site Walla that "we will not allow an intifada to break out."