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Palestinian Council denounces Israel’s efforts to “erase” Jerusalem’s history, vowing “unity and resistance” against “Judaization”

Hussein calls for filling the Temple Mount on arson anniversary, accusing Israel of “Judaization” and “plotting” Temple construction

Khouri: Jews burned Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Israel prevented from extinguishing the fire

Israel and Jews remain the PA’s targets of blame for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Mosque arson

Official PA TV program Topic of the Day, hosting Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes from Al-Azhar – a prominent Muslim academic institution in Cairo Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: “Read the history, as your state [of Israel] is transient,the entire occupation is transient, Allah willing...”

PA calls Jewish visits “invasion”

Al-Hadmi: The Israeli government is preparing to “establish the alleged Temple in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

The official PA Daily newspaper says “alleged Temple gangs” defile Al-Aqsa through “racist” rituals

Official PA TV broadcast the historical drama Um Al-Yasmin during Ramadan 2023. This episode shows a crowd celebrating the killing of a British policeman during the Mandate. Young person: “O people of the neighborhood, O people of the neighborhood. Someone shot at the British patrol and killed...”

Official PA TV narrator: “It is easy to go from [the Austrian Pilgrim Hospice] to the holy sites in the Old City [of Jerusalem], such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Islamic Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall), and even the Mount of Olives.” [Official PA TV,...

Official PA TV Narrator: "Jerusalem is very important, because it has many important religious sites and locations like the Al-Aqsa Mosque… This mosque is being subjected to a variety of actions of systematic Judaization, including almost daily invasions by the settler herds with the support of the..."

Official PA TV newsreader: “The occupation authorities decided to give permission to 3,000 settlers to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the anniversary of the so-called ‘destruction of the Temple.’” … Official PA TV reporter: “The anniversary of the destruction of the alleged Temple, which comes...”

PA Presidential Office Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Ahmed Al-Ruweidi warns that Israeli security measures are "tantamount to an attack on a billion Muslims in the world which means the buds of a religious war"

PA Daily reports that preacher Sheikh Yusuf Abu Sneineh "emphasized that the invasions taking place at the Al-Aqsa Mosque emphasize that it is a purely Islamic mosque that belongs to the Muslims only"

Jews entering Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, are "invading" according to the Official PA Daily, who also deny the existence of the ancient Jewish temple

After Israel installs elevator at the Cave of the Patriarchs to make it more accessible, PA Grand Mufti "demanded the Arab nation to thwart the occupation’s aggressive Judaization plans, and defend Palestinian holy sites against attacks of settlers sowing destruction and ruin on Palestinian land"

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem emphasized that the Temple Mount "belongs to the Muslims only, and that no one else has the right to interfere in its affairs – the Palestinians are prepared to sacrifice that which is most precious to them to defend their mosque, regardless of the sacrifices"

Al-Habbash posits that "if Jerusalem is humiliated and occupied, this is proof of the nation’s condition of weakness and lowliness… so we will defend Jerusalem with our property and our lives and victory is approaching"

PA Grand Mufti of Jerusalem falsely claims Israel "has no religious, historical, or legal legitimacy in Jerusalem" while promising to "lay groundwork for fierce religious war, whose results are difficult to imagine… and the occupation will eventually pass from the world"

"Not one of the archaeologists has confirmed that" the western wall "is from the period that the Jews claim" lies PA TV, ignoring abundant evidence to the contrary, as well as espousing other untrue claims about the supposed lack of Jewish history in Jerusalem

Spokesperson for President Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh states that "Sovereignty over Jerusalem and its holy sites belongs to the State of Palestine," using 1930 League of Nations resolution to fortify this claim

PA Minister of Religious Affairs Hatem Al-Bakri wrongly accuses Israel of "desecrating" the Al-Aqsa Mosque and "blatantly attacking our holy sites," while saying that Temple Mount is only Islamic

Waving Israeli flags and singing the Israeli national anthem on Temple Mount "will ignite a religious war in Jerusalem" threatens Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and Abbas’ Advisor, who warns that Israel "is playing with fire and will be burned"

Arab Organization for Human Rights Secretary-General falsely claims Israel is "excavating Jerusalem with the goal of harming prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and a goal that perhaps the walls of the Mosque will collapse"

Fatah senior member Tawfiq Tirawi, falsely claims Israel "is desecrating Al-Aqsa Mosque by turning it into a military base and a platform for settlers who do not hesitate to desecrate the site’s honour and sanctity" while calling for Ribat, religious land conflict, at the site