Jerusalem and the Old City have “absolutely no connection” to the Jews
Headline: “The Jewish Festival of ‘Lights’ will not change the identity of Jerusalem”
“Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem expressed their great anger about the event which contains within it an attempt to give the Old City of Jerusalem and its historic walls a Talmudic (i.e., Jewish) character, and especially the Damascus Gate, one of the best known gates of the Old City of Jerusalem, by holding what is called the ‘Festival of Lights,’ during which they project Talmudic symbols on the walls of [the Old City of] Jerusalem and hold dance and song activities, and such...
The Jerusalem activist Muhsin Mughrabi said that the municipality of Jerusalem is the front branch of the occupation authorities, and that it constantly holds events and festivals whose purpose is to give a Talmudic character to the Old City of Jerusalem and its parts. Likewise, he noted that all of these attempts fail because of the true reality of the city, and especially in the Old City which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and cultural and historic treasures to which the Jews have absolutely no connection.”
“Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem expressed their great anger about the event which contains within it an attempt to give the Old City of Jerusalem and its historic walls a Talmudic (i.e., Jewish) character, and especially the Damascus Gate, one of the best known gates of the Old City of Jerusalem, by holding what is called the ‘Festival of Lights,’ during which they project Talmudic symbols on the walls of [the Old City of] Jerusalem and hold dance and song activities, and such...
The Jerusalem activist Muhsin Mughrabi said that the municipality of Jerusalem is the front branch of the occupation authorities, and that it constantly holds events and festivals whose purpose is to give a Talmudic character to the Old City of Jerusalem and its parts. Likewise, he noted that all of these attempts fail because of the true reality of the city, and especially in the Old City which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and cultural and historic treasures to which the Jews have absolutely no connection.”