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"The Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line, and that Jerusalem, with all that is within it, is purely Palestinian"

“Israeli occupation government Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel invaded the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday"

"The Palestinian people will not continue to be silent about the severe violations of our sovereignty over the Al-Aqsa Mosque"

"Our people will defend the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque with what is most precious of all to it"

"A special Israeli force of undercover soldiers raided the Jamal Abd Al-Nasser Mosque in the heart of El-Bireh yesterday evening [Feb. 8, 2019] and took the film from its security cameras (in order to find the suspect in the brutal murder of an Israeli woman; see note below –Ed.)… [PA] Minister of..."

Headline: “Ida’is: Employing 17 additional guards at the Ibrahimi Mosque” “[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Yusuf Ida’is yesterday [Feb. 7, 2019] announced the employment of 17 additional guards at the Ibrahimi Mosque (i.e., Cave of the Patriarchs)… Ida’is also urged the citizens to come...”

Headline: "Ida'is dedicated the mosque in Dir Balut and honored those who study the Quran" "[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida'is yesterday [Jan. 24, 2019] inaugurated the Al-Salam Mosque in the village of Dir Balut in the Salfit district. Ida'is emphasized the importance of the mosque’s..."

“Ida’is in an appeal to Arabs and Muslims: The Al-Aqsa Mosque’s existence is endangered”

"Ida'is again emphasized his call to the Arabs and Muslims to act to save Jerusalem, its Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its Islamic and Christian holy sites"

Official PA TV, live broadcast from the PA headquarters of a ceremony to mark the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, with the participation of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas PA Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is: “Mercy on our loyal Martyrs (Shahids), [who are] together with the prophets, the...”

Headline: “Al-Husseini and Ida’is briefed the new Egyptian consul and the previous [consul] regarding the situation in Jerusalem and the developments at the Al-Aqsa Mosque” “Head of the PLO Department of Jerusalem Affairs, [PA] Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, [and PLO Executive Committee member]...”

Headline: "Ida'is: Sovereignty over the Al-Aqsa Mosque is an exclusive right of the Muslims" "[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida'is said that… the Al-Aqsa Mosque, including its plazas and surroundings, is a pure Islamic waqf (i.e., an inalienable religious endowment in Islamic law), and..."

Headline: “Ida’is called for mass Friday prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque” “[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is called on our people everywhere it is located to go on Friday [Aug. 10, 2018] to pray at the Ibrahimi Mosque (i.e., Cave of the Patriarchs) and carry out Ribat (i.e., religious...”

“[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is said that the occupation’s actions in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are a dangerous violation… the last of which being the excavations that the occupation institutions are conducting underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque (sic., Israel does not excavate...”

"[Israeli] Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the occupation government Uri Ariel yesterday morning [July 8, 2018] invaded the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque (i.e., the Temple Mount) at the head of a group of settlers, from the direction of the Dung Gate [of Jerusalem’s Old City]. Together..."

Headline: “[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs: Our people will stand against all of Israel’s attempts to impose facts on the ground at our holy sites” “[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Yusuf Ida’is emphasized that Jerusalem and all of the Islamic sites belong only to the Muslims, and that...”

Headline: “Ida’is: The American administration has given that which does not belong to it to one who has no right to it” “[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Yusuf Ida’is said that the American administration’s decision against the holy city [of Jerusalem] constitutes a blatant provocation...”

Official PA radio station The Voice of Palestine, A New Day, special broadcast on US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, interview with PA Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is PA Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is: “I say that when the hostile...”

Headline: “Ida’is calls on the Friday preachers to urge the civilians to participate in the activities condemning the Balfour Promise” “[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is called on all of the mosque preachers to urge the civilians to participate in the activities condemning the ominous...”

“[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida’is said that the fact that the occupation government allowed Israeli parliament members and settler extremists to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque constitutes a large step of escalation… He explained that this decision was made while the Al-Aqsa Mosque is...”

Headline: "Ida'is calls on students to join the Shari’ah schools" "[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida'is noted the great effort that the ministry has invested since the approval of the Shari'ah track as one of the high school tracks in the framework of Government Decision No. 21 of Oct..."

Headline: "[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs calls to come to the Al-Aqsa Mosque" "[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Sheik Yusuf Ida'is called on the citizens to increase their mass arrival to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday [July 28, 2017] and the rest of the coming days despite the..."

Headline: "Ida'is calls to go up to the Al-Aqsa Mosque tomorrow, Friday" "[PA] Minister of Religious Affairs Sheikh Yusuf Ida'is called on citizens to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in greater numbers tomorrow (Friday) [July 28, 2017] and all of the coming days, despite the Israeli occupation's steps and..."

Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, interview with PA Minister of Religious Affairs Yusuf Ida'is about Israel’s removal of the metal detectors from the Temple Mount, where they were placed following a terror attack there on July 14, 2017, in which 2 Israelis were murdered - see note...

"The cities of Ramallah and El-Bireh and the Qalandiya refugee camp yesterday [July 19, 2017] were witness to processions and [solidarity] vigils for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque and demonstrations of protest over the occupation placing metal detectors at the entrances to the Al-Aqsa Mosque,..."