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“In its weekly meeting held yesterday [April 18, 2017] in the Jenin district… the [PA] government condemned the racist policy of oppression that is being implemented against the worshippers and those carrying out Ribat (i.e., religious conflict/war over land claimed to be Islamic), men and women...”

“[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Yusuf Ida’is warned against the dangers of the occupation’s actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque"

Headline: “Hamdallah demanded of the international community that it save the two-state solution” “During his participation two days ago [Sept. 30, 2015] in a meeting with the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) (i.e., international group of donors that coordinates aid to the PA) donors in New York,...”

Headline: “The Islamic-Christian Council: Israel is tightening the strangulation of the Jerusalem residents through two police headquarters” “The [PA] Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem and the Holy Places stated that the fact that the Israeli occupation authorities opened two new occupation...”

Op-ed by Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul, columnist for official PA daily: “Since the start of the occupation of the territories of the Palestinian state on June 4, 1967, East Jerusalem in general, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in particular, have played a central role in [Israel’s] Judaization and destruction...”

“[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash said that since Israel occupied Jerusalem, it has been working to extend control over it and alter its landmarks, in order to Judaize it and put an end to the Arab presence in it… In a statement to the press yesterday [April 14, 2014],...”

“Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and District Governor [of Jerusalem] Adnan Al-Husseini briefed Australian Representative to the Palestinian Authority Tom Wilson … on Jerusalem’s and its residents’ situation, and explained that the arbitrary steps being taken by the occupation authorities have led to...”

From Abbas’ full speech before the Arab Summit: “On the topic of Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation is working methodically and diligently to Judaize East Jerusalem and to alter its character, to uproot its Palestinian residents and damage the Al-Aqsa mosque and holy Christian and Muslim sites...”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas addressed the Third Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Riyadh in January 2013: “My brothers, Jerusalem is in grave danger, and the danger to Al-Aqsa and our Islamic and Christian holy places is even graver. The occupation government’s actions are intended to...”

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “[Israel’s actions in Jerusalem] ultimately aim to achieve dark goals: Destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the alleged Temple... take over the Muslim and Christian holy sites, and destroy its institutions in order to empty it, uproot its residents, and...”

Headline: "Islamic-Christian Council warns that the occupation plans to build a new settlement in the heart of Jerusalem" "The Islamic-Christian Council for Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Places warned yesterday of a new Israeli plan to establish a settlement in the heart of occupied Jerusalem..."

Headline: "Department for Jerusalem Affairs warns of systematic ethnic cleansing against Jerusalem residents and their elected officials" "The PLO department for Jerusalem Affairs warned yesterday of the systematic ethnic cleansing which the Israeli occupation authorities are carrying out against..."

Headline: "Dr. Zakariya Al-Agha calls upon both the Arab and the Islamic nation to aid Jerusalem and to protect Al-Aqsa [Mosque]" "Dr. Zakariya Al-Agha, member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of the Refugee Department, called upon the Arab and Islamic nation… to support Jerusalem and to..."

“Secretary of the Supreme Islamic Council [and former PA Chief Justice of Religious Court,] Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, warned of the [possibility of] Israeli occupation authorities implementing their criminal scheme of destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and construction of the alleged Temple in its...”

“Hatem Abd Al-Qader [Member of Parliament and Fatah's Revolutionary Council] said that Israel is trying to turn Jerusalem into a religious capital for all Jews in the world… and noted that many of the Jews took tents along with them in the course of their attempt to enter the plazas of the Al-Aqsa...”