Abbas: Israel’s claim to the Temple Mount is “empty and false… a falsification of the history we all know”
Official PA TV broadcast PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech on Israeli aggression on the Temple Mount:
“Every day, we find these [settlers and extremists] trying to enter the [Al-Aqsa] Mosque by any means, in order to establish facts on the ground as they wish. The fact Israel is trying to establish on the ground is the division of the Al-Aqsa Mosque according to time and place, with the empty excuse that it [Israel] has a claim to it. These are empty and false claims, and a falsification of the history we all know.”
Note: The physical division and division according to time refers to a proposed law (May 2013) being reviewed in Israeli Parliament that would allow for both Jews and Muslims to pray on the Temple Mount. The law seeks to implement separate prayer times for Muslims and Jews at the site.
“Every day, we find these [settlers and extremists] trying to enter the [Al-Aqsa] Mosque by any means, in order to establish facts on the ground as they wish. The fact Israel is trying to establish on the ground is the division of the Al-Aqsa Mosque according to time and place, with the empty excuse that it [Israel] has a claim to it. These are empty and false claims, and a falsification of the history we all know.”
Note: The physical division and division according to time refers to a proposed law (May 2013) being reviewed in Israeli Parliament that would allow for both Jews and Muslims to pray on the Temple Mount. The law seeks to implement separate prayer times for Muslims and Jews at the site.