A day after Fatah calls on Palestinians to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent Jews visiting the site, riots break out
In anticipation of Jews visiting the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av (Jewish day of mourning commemorating the Temple’s destruction), Fatah called on Palestinians to go to Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent them from visiting the site. On the day of Tisha B’Av, Palestinian youth who had collected stones, planks, and Molotov cocktails clashed with Israel police forces.
The following is the call by Fatah official Adnan Gheith to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent Jewish visits to the site:
Headline: “A vigil at the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] to condemn the offense to the Messenger [Muhammad]”
“Dozens of citizens participated in a mass vigil for the Messenger [Muhammad], peace and blessing be upon him, immediately after the Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday [July 24, 2015], condemning the offense to him… Fatah’s Jerusalem Branch Secretary Adnan Gheith told WAFA: ‘The vigil’s objective was to convey a message to the Israeli government, according to which the Palestinians will not accept the offense to Prophet Muhammad by the settler mob who defiles the Al-Aqsa Mosque and targets it, and this promise is made from the place of Prophet Muhammad’s Ascent to Heaven.’
Gheith called to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to thwart the calls of the settlers and the alleged Temple organizations to invade it this Sunday (i.e., Tisha B’Av), close it to Muslims, and allow them [the settlers] to hold Talmudic ceremonies (i.e., Jewish prayers) in its courtyards, in order to commemorate the anniversary of the alleged ‘Temple destruction’ (i.e., Tisha B’Av).”
Notes: "Alleged Temple organizations" refer to religious Jewish movements including the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, The Initiative for Jewish Freedom on the Temple Mount and Students for the Temple Mount, which spread awareness of the importance of the Temple Mount in Judaism and encourage people to visit the site.
The PA considers any presence of Jews on the Temple Mount an "invasion." However, all visitors are subject to rigorous checks by Israeli security personnel before being granted access to the Temple Mount.
Tisha B’Av is a Jewish day of mourning, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem (586 BCE and 70 CE) and the forced exile of all Jews from the land of Israel.
The following is the call by Fatah official Adnan Gheith to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent Jewish visits to the site:
Headline: “A vigil at the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] to condemn the offense to the Messenger [Muhammad]”
“Dozens of citizens participated in a mass vigil for the Messenger [Muhammad], peace and blessing be upon him, immediately after the Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday [July 24, 2015], condemning the offense to him… Fatah’s Jerusalem Branch Secretary Adnan Gheith told WAFA: ‘The vigil’s objective was to convey a message to the Israeli government, according to which the Palestinians will not accept the offense to Prophet Muhammad by the settler mob who defiles the Al-Aqsa Mosque and targets it, and this promise is made from the place of Prophet Muhammad’s Ascent to Heaven.’
Gheith called to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to thwart the calls of the settlers and the alleged Temple organizations to invade it this Sunday (i.e., Tisha B’Av), close it to Muslims, and allow them [the settlers] to hold Talmudic ceremonies (i.e., Jewish prayers) in its courtyards, in order to commemorate the anniversary of the alleged ‘Temple destruction’ (i.e., Tisha B’Av).”
Notes: "Alleged Temple organizations" refer to religious Jewish movements including the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, The Initiative for Jewish Freedom on the Temple Mount and Students for the Temple Mount, which spread awareness of the importance of the Temple Mount in Judaism and encourage people to visit the site.
The PA considers any presence of Jews on the Temple Mount an "invasion." However, all visitors are subject to rigorous checks by Israeli security personnel before being granted access to the Temple Mount.
Tisha B’Av is a Jewish day of mourning, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem (586 BCE and 70 CE) and the forced exile of all Jews from the land of Israel.