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PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge and President Abbas’ Advisor Al-Habbash falsely accuses Israel of "attempting to cause an explosion" while threatening that Israel "will pass" and "our people will defend Jerusalem at the height of determination"

He continues: Israel "wants to determine facts on the ground at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and conduct the so-called building of the alleged Temple" in its place

PA falsely accuses Israel for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Mosque arson, lying that "Jews have not stopped attempts to Judaize the site, take control of it and build the alleged Temple"

Senior Fatah Official "considers participating in the riots" as they are an “obligatory commandment” and “whoever shirks this is a mute devil who allows tyrannical rule over the Palestinians"

Headline: “The [PA] government: The participation of senior Israeli officials in the inauguration of a synagogue south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a new aggression against Jerusalem” “The [PA] national unity government said that the participation of senior Israeli officials in the ‘inauguration’ of a...”

Excerpt of op-ed by Bassem Barhoum, regular columnist for the official PA daily "Nobody disputes the fact that the Israeli occupation is the main problem, and that it is the root of the violence and terror. Why is this occupation, its soldiers, its police, and its intelligence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque..."

This item refers to an attack on Jordanian Supreme Shari’ah Judge Ahmad Halil on May 22, 2015. While he gave a sermon in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, members of the Islamic Liberation party disrupted his sermon forcing him to stop in the middle and leave. One of them accused his country of giving Jerusalem...

This item refers to an attack on Jordanian Supreme Shari’ah Judge Ahmad Halil on May 22, 2015. While he gave a sermon in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, members of the Islamic Liberation party disrupted his sermon forcing him to stop in the middle and leave. One of them accused his country of giving Jerusalem...

“Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem and the Holy Places Hanna Issa said that Israel had allocated 17 billion dollars for the Judaization of the Holy City [Jerusalem], and noted that the occupation had succeeded in building an entire city beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque,...”

“The education administration in the Bethlehem district, together with the Al-Dawha municipality, organized a conference with the title, ‘The Future of the Islamic and Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem’ in the city of Al-Dawha, with the participation of [Head of the Palestinian Organization of...”

“At its weekly meeting in Ramallah yesterday, Tuesday [Nov. 5, 2014], presided over by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, the [PA] government stressed that the occupation government is seeking to escalate the situation in the region in order to realize its aggressive settlement plans against the...”

“Mahmoud Al-Habbash, the Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs, said that the complete closing of the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first time [since 1967] was planned by the official establishment of the occupation state. In addition, he said that ‘the claim...”

“[Fatah spokesman Osama] Al-Qawasmi said that the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its plazas have been subjected to intentional Judaization measures for decades, and that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s extreme right-wing government is seeking to divide it physically and according to time, as at...”

Headline: “The Israeli curriculum in schools in Arab Jerusalem” “The decision of the Israeli Ministry of Education and the ‘Jerusalem’ Municipality to implement the Israeli curriculum in five schools in occupied Arab Jerusalem from the beginning of the current 2013-2014 school year is part of the...”

PA also claims Jews have no connection to the Temple Mount or the Cave of the Jewish patriarchs – says Israel is attempting to "Judaize" the areas

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..."

Headline: "At the hands of extremist Jew Michael Dennis – today is 42nd anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Mosque being set on fire" "August 21st every year is a sad anniversary for the Palestinian people and for the Arab and Islamic nations – the anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Mosque being set on fire by the..."