Friday, October 17, 2014

Abbas tells Palestinians 'settlers' have 'no right to desecrate Temple Mount'

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a gathering in Ramallah on Friday that "settlers" have no right "to desecrate" the Temple Mount.

"This is our holy place," the Palestinian leader said. "Al-Aqsa is ours and the [Church of the Holy Sepulcher] is ours. They have no right to enter there and desecrate the place."



Abbas called on the Palestinian people to "unite in defense of Jerusalem."

[jpost.com]
17/10/14
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  • Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday called on his people to prevent Israeli settlers from entering Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque and use "all means" to protect the site.

His comments came days after Israeli occupation troops clashed with Palestinian protesters demonstrating against Jews visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site.

"It is not enough to say the settlers came, but they must be barred from entering the compound by any means. This is our Aqsa... and they have no right to enter and desecrate it," Abbas said.

The Palestinian president was speaking at a conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah after a spate of clashes this week since a Monday confrontation between Palestinian youths and Israeli police.

Abbas insisted that defending Al-Aqsa was tantamount to defending Jerusalem, which the Palestinians are demanding as the capital of their future state.

"Jerusalem is the jewel in the crown and it is the eternal capital of the Palestinian state. Without it, there will not be a state," he said.

"It is important for the Palestinians to be united in order to protect Jerusalem," he added.
[almanar.com.lb]
17/10/14
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  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested on Friday that Jews should be banned from a Jerusalem holy site revered by both Jews and Muslims.

Abbas made the comments following recent clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli forces over what Palestinians see as Jewish encroachment on the site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

In a speech quoted by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, Abbas said Jewish "settlers" should be prevented from entering the site "by any means."

"This is our Noble Sanctuary ... they have no right to enter and desecrate it," Abbas added.

Palestinians also say Israel is unfairly restricting access at the site. Israel limited male Muslim worshippers this past week to those 50 years old and older.

The move followed an uptick in violence in the area amid Palestinian claims that Israel is unilaterally widening access around the entrance to the site to accommodate larger numbers of Jewish worshippers.

The site is the holiest in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam.
[dailystar.com.lb]
17/10/14
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