Jerusalem Authorities denounce Israeli actions, which they claim are “threatening” the city’s statusJerusalem authorities express strong opposition to Israeli moves supposedly impacting the city’s “legal, religious, and historical status,” warning of division and dangersAug 8, 2023
PA Mufti reiterates religious prohibitions against cooperating with Trump peace deal or selling land to Israelis, land is “Islamic waqf”"A fatwa that bans working to cooperate with the deal of the century and its disseminators who will be pursued by a curse until Judgment Day"Mar 6, 2020
PA Mufti in religious ruling: Anyone who cooperates with Trump peace plan is betraying Allah"Anyone who cooperates with the deal is betraying Allah, His Messenger [Muhammad], the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, and Palestine"Feb 12, 2020
PA Mufti: "The Al-Aqsa Mosque will never be anything but the Muslims’ alone""Harming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is harming every Muslim in the world"Feb 1, 2020
PA spokesman: Cave of Patriarchs is sacred only to Islam"The Ibrahimi Mosque that is sacred as a purely Islamic mosque"Jan 2, 2020
Fatah official: Jewish history is “myths and lies,” Israel making new reality at Al-Aqsa which will lead to world religious war, calls to “defend” holy sites"The Israeli occupation government's insistence on using various myths and lies in its service... in Jerusalem... will only lead to destruction"Oct 21, 2019
PA Jerusalem district governor: “The Al-Aqsa Mosque is Islamic with all of its parts,” warns about "plots" against the Mosque"Visit the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and stand against the plots against its existence and its structure"Oct 14, 2019
PA Mufti: Calls to carry out Jewish prayer on Temple Mount are “dangerous” and may lead to religious war"The [PA] mufti: The occupation's calls to hold Talmudic ceremonies at the Al-Aqsa Mosque herald a religious war"Oct 14, 2019
Islamic orgs: Al-Aqsa Mosque “will remain an Islamic mosque,” will not be shared"Any harm to the faith and holy sites constitutes contempt for the peoples’ and nations’ rights"Oct 13, 2019
PA official: “Israeli targeting of Jerusalem meant to Judaize it” and empty it “of its residents”"The Israeli plot, whose goal is to empty Jerusalem of its residents"Oct 5, 2019
Top PA religious official: Jews “invading” the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which they have “no right” to, and calls on Palestinians to “defend” it"The settlers received explanations about the lie of the alleged ‘Temple’"Sep 30, 2019
PA official calls on Islamic scholars to “break the Israeli siege" on Jerusalem, which is suffering from “tyranny” and “aggression”"The flocking of thousands of Muslims and more from all over the world to Jerusalem is an undisputed religious value"Sep 18, 2019
Fatah official: Israeli curriculum in Jerusalem is “dangerous curriculum of Judaization and normalization;” Israel accused of heritage theft All Israeli political parties plan "to Judaize Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque" Sep 17, 2019
Abbas’ advisor: “The time has come for Jerusalem to be liberated… the Al-Aqsa Mosque is being held captive in the occupation's chains”"Every time Muslims dedicate a mosque they must remember that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is being held captive in the occupation's chains"Aug 24, 2019
PA Mufti urges Palestinians to prevent Jewish “invasions” of the Temple Mount on Jewish day of mourning: “The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the sole right of the Muslims”“The [PA] grand mufti and the [PA] Islamic-Christian Council call to stop the invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”Aug 7, 2019
Abbas’ advisor calls on Muslims to carry out Ribat and Jihad, because Israel continues “to carry out its criminal plots to expel the Palestinians and Judaize [Jerusalem] by... carrying out the criminal plot to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and establish the alleged Temple”"Al-Habbash: Visiting Jerusalem is obligatory Ribat and Jihad for all Muslims in order to defend it from the occupation"Jun 15, 2019
PA officials on Temple Mount riots: Jews attempting to enter the Mount "on the pretext that they are connected to it"; call "to stop this dangerous attack against the Al-Aqsa Mosque""Condemnations of the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s sanctity and the attacks against worshippers, calls to come [to the Al-Aqsa Mosque]"Jun 3, 2019
Abbas’ advisor: “Jerusalem is the embodiment of the struggle between truth and falsehood;” Al-Aqsa “will never be anything but an Islamic mosque”"Al-Habbash: Jerusalem is the embodiment of the conflict between truth and falsehood"Jun 1, 2019
PA Foreign Ministry claims Israel’s goal is to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to “build the alleged Temple”"The Al-Aqsa Mosque will not remain a holy site for the Muslims, but rather will gradually... become a place of worship of Jews, and will threaten to take the conflict to a religious and dangerous place."May 23, 2019
Abbas’ advisor op-ed: “Battle over Jerusalem that is raging today is not just a battle with a foreign occupation… but a battle between facts and myth, between truth and falsehood… between good and evil” “The battle over Jerusalem that is raging today... is a battle between facts and myth... and between good and evil."Apr 20, 2019
PA Mufti: Attack against Muslims in New Zealand is like "desecration of the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque" or spilling of "Martyrs'" blood"The sheikh emphasized that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is a tenet of faith and place of worship of the Muslims alone"Mar 16, 2019
Fatah: "The abuse of the holy sites, and especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, is a direct call for violence", PA Minister calls to protect holy sites and continue Ribat"The Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line, and that Jerusalem, with all that is within it, is purely Palestinian"Mar 13, 2019
40,000 gather at Friday prayers after inflammatory sermon "The Muslims alone have an absolute right to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque"Mar 9, 2019
Fatah, PA promote violence and Martyrdom: “Our souls will be a small sacrifice for the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, our Islamic and Christian holy sites, and our rights” "[The Al-Aqsa Mosque] belongs to all of the Muslims and is an Islamic waqf to which no non-Muslim has any right"Feb 23, 2019
Op-ed: US-Israeli “plot” to annex Jerusalem, Western Wall belongs to Palestinians, Jewish history is “forgeries”"The Jerusalem public has proven its firm and solid stance against the Israeli-American plot to annex the eternal Palestinian capital"Feb 23, 2019