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PA Grand Mufti backs Abbas’ 50 holocaust statement, saying it represents the Palestinian narrative

After Israel installs elevator at the Cave of the Patriarchs to make it more accessible, PA Grand Mufti "demanded the Arab nation to thwart the occupation’s aggressive Judaization plans, and defend Palestinian holy sites against attacks of settlers sowing destruction and ruin on Palestinian land"

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem emphasized that the Temple Mount "belongs to the Muslims only, and that no one else has the right to interfere in its affairs – the Palestinians are prepared to sacrifice that which is most precious to them to defend their mosque, regardless of the sacrifices"

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem falsely claims Israel "has no religious, historical, or legal legitimacy in Jerusalem" while promising to "lay groundwork for fierce religious war, whose results are difficult to imagine… and the occupation will eventually pass from the world"

PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein stated that Palestinian terrorist "prisoners and Martyrs deserve all the appreciation and honour" saying that they are "righteous" and "we will stand alongside them"

PA Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein emphasized "that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of our faith, and we must defend it”

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem "called on everyone who is able to come to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to defend it" while threatening Israel with a "religious war" over the city of Jerusalem

PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein delegitimizes Israel by renaming it the "Palestinian Interior" while claiming that Israeli towns in the Galilee are "settlements"

"Palestine is a land belonging to Muslims and an inalienable religious endowment which it is forbidden to sell to enemies" declares the Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council, while also calling on Palestinians to carry out religious conflict over the land

PA Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein claims that Temple Mount is "purely for Muslims" in a statement which denies Jewish history and Jewish rights to visit their holiest religious site

PA Grand Mufti says Jews visiting the Temple Mount for the festival of Purim is an "aggression that pushes the region towards religious war, from which no one will be spared"

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem "condemned" Pence's visit to the Cave of the Patriarchs, saying it "is an Islamic mosque for the Muslims only" and "the occupation authorities bear the responsibility for the consequences of this invasion"

In the office of PA Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussein a picture which wipes Israel off the map by labelling the whole of the country as "Palestine" is seen hanging on the wall during his meeting with a UN representative

Following false allegations of Israel "targeting and attacking" Sheikh Jarrah, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian Territories declares "We call to help the residents through Ribat and standing firm against the attacks"

Hussein: "The Palestinian people must continue in resolve as Allah wanted you to spearhead Ribat, and come to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to defy the occupation and declare before everyone that you are the defenders of the Al-Aqsa Mosque"

Mufti Muhammad Hussein "praises" mother of 6 terrorist murderers, saying she "will remain a symbol of a fighting Palestinian woman who sacrifices what is precious to her for the sake of freedom and independence" and emphasized the need to "support" her family

PA Supreme Mufti of Jerusalem says Israeli attempts to evict illegal Arab squatters "are inhumane, arbitrary, and unfair measures whose goal is to commit ethnic cleansing" and Palestinians should die in trying to resist eviction

Ignoring the fact that the Temple Mount is the most holy site in Judaism, PA Mufti "expressed rejection" of Israel's "interference" there

Jews “defile Jerusalem”

PA mufti informs Abbas that Muslims in Israel are subject to "colonialist, occupying, and violent attacks against them" because Israel's "goal is to expel" all Muslims from Jerusalem

PA religious leader calls for "popular resistance" – a term referring to terror – over the humorous Facebook post

Mufti: “Work with all means that will lead to… prisoner exchange deals”

PA libel: Israel is "attempting to close the space of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and imitate its Islamic domes" in synagogues, as well as "dangerously damaging the Al-Aqsa walls"

Israel “will pass… Jerusalem will be liberated, return to Islam… The evil will pass,” says PA Mufti

PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein: “There is no doubt that the utmost duty of us all together in the PA, in the society, and everywhere is to work with all means that will lead us to releasing our prisoners and setting them free… As for example what was implemented or exchanged, and this happened more than...”