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“Qurei: The escalation of the invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque will lead only to more extremism, violence, and instability”

Headline: “Qurei: The violations and dangers surrounding the Al-Aqsa Mosque are dangerous and systematic” “PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’… emphasized in a press release yesterday, Tuesday [Oct. 3, 2017], that the Al-Buraq Wall...”

“PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs [Ahmed Qurei], …in a press release yesterday (Friday) [Aug. 25, 2017], condemned the fact that 300 settlers inaugurated the synagogue in the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood (i.e., Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem) in the Abu...”

Headline: "Qurei: The extremists and settlers are pushing the situation in Jerusalem in the direction of a religious war" "PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the [PLO] Department of Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei warned against the outbreak of a religious war in Jerusalem as a result of the..."

Op-ed by Head of the PLO Department of Jerusalem Affairs and PLO Executive Committee member Ahmed Qurei “The provocative steps that the occupation authorities took in all of Jerusalem, and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque in particular, since Friday morning (the placing of metal detectors following an...”

Headline: “Qurei condemned the settler procession in occupied Jerusalem” “PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei condemned the invasion by more than 700 extremist settlers of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque plazas, which constitutes a dangerous...”

Headline: “Qurei condemns the occupation’s crimes in the holy city” “PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’ warned against the severity of the incessant Israeli violations and the dangerous escalation that [Israel] is carrying out in...”

Headline: “Qurei discussed the developments with the ambassadors of China and the European Union” “PLO Executive Committee Member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei discussed the situation in the Palestinian arena with Chinese Ambassador to Palestine Chen Xingzhong and...”

Headline: “Qurei calls for Arab and Islamic coordination in order to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Judaization and division” “Head of the PLO Department of Jerusalem Affairs [and PLO Executive Committee member] Ahmed Qurei warned of the dangers and consequences of the cruel and unprecedented...”

Headline: “Qurei condemned the murder of the young Fadi Alloun” “PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei condemned the murder of the young Jerusalemite Fadi Alloun by the Israeli occupation forces. The young Alloun died as a Martyr (Shahid) after...”

Former PA Prime Minister and PLO Executive Committee member Ahmed Qurei: "The most important thing in Jerusalem is the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is being subjected to Judaization and division by times and areas, and moreover to destruction in order to..."

Headline: Qurei condemned the fact that the occupation authorities leveled lands in Issawiya, and the invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque" "PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei… condemned the invasion of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque plaza (i.e.,...

“PLO Executive Committee Member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’ condemned the invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque plazas through the Mughrabi Gate by dozens of settlers… In a press release [published] today, Wednesday [Jan. 28, 2015], Qurei strongly condemned the...”

“Headline: PA Mufti and Qurei warned of attempts to infringe on the ownership of the Al-Aqsa Mosque” “PA Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories and Preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Muhammad Hussein warned of the attempts to infringe on the ownership of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which...”

Headline: “Qurei: The occupation’s plans in Jerusalem destroy any possibility of peace” “PLO Executive Committee Member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’ warned of the danger inherent in the claims and lies of the Israeli occupation government, according to...”

Headline: “Qurei: Netanyahu’s statements regarding Jerusalem express the aggression and racism of the Israeli policy” “PLO Executive Committee Member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Qurei (Abu Alaa) emphasized that the holy city (i.e., Jerusalem) will remain Arab-Islamic, no...”

‎“PLO Executive Committee Member and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs ‎Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’ condemned the execution of Jerusalem citizen Yussuf Al-‎Ramouni, 32, after he was attacked by a group of Jewish extremists inside a bus ‎belonging to the Israeli Egged company… and warned of...”

Ahmed Qurei (Abu Alaa) incited against the conference at which Yehuda Glick was shot The former PA Prime Minister condemned the conference as "dangerous" and called for "immediate intervention... [to] rescue it [Jerusalem] from the threat of Judaization" A few hours later, as Rabbi Glick left the...

On Oct. 29, 2014, Mutaz Hijazi, an Islamic Jihad member and released prisoner, attempted to murder Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who was seriously wounded in the shooting attack. On the morning of the attempted assassination, former PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei (Abu Alaa) issued a press release in which he...

“PLO Executive Committee Member [and Head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs] Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’ said the occupation authorities’ attempt to enforce a physical division and [division] according to time (i.e., of prayer times for Jews and Muslims) of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and prevent...”

“Director of the [PLO] Department for Jerusalem Affairs and PLO Executive Committee member Ahmed Qurei asserted that [we] must continue and release all the prisoners… [including] our revolutionary Palestinian brothers from the Interior (i.e., Israel). He spoke during a visit he made to the homes of...”

When a gold medallion was discovered 50 meters from the Temple Mount in September 2013, with clear Jewish symbols (a menorah -candelabra, a shofar - ceremonial horn, and a Torah scroll - Bible), the PA rushed to deny the authenticity of the find. PA TV host: "I would like your response to the..."

“[Former PA Prime Minister and] Member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of the Department for Jerusalem Affairs, Ahmed Qurei ‘Abu Alaa’ denounced the fact that scores of extreme settlers congregated in the Al-Buraq Wall’s (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount) plazas, west of the...”

“Head of the PLO Jerusalem department, Ahmed Qurei… emphasized that ‘all options are open to the Palestinians for the restoration of their national rights and for the use of them in such a way as to have positive effect, for the benefit of their national interest.’ He noted that negotiations and...”

“The [Palestinian] National Council marked the 41st anniversary of the arson in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli extremists, calling upon the world to defend the Mosque and the city of Jerusalem from the danger of Judaization and occupation which hovers over it.” Note: The fire in the Al-Aqsa...