PA officials on Temple Mount riots: Jews attempting to enter the Mount "on the pretext that they are connected to it"; call "to stop this dangerous attack against the Al-Aqsa Mosque"
Headline: "Condemnations of the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s sanctity and the attacks against worshippers, calls to come [to the Al-Aqsa Mosque]"
"District Governor of Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith warned against the consequences of the settlers' riots at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque’s plazas with the support of the occupation government, and against the invasion of special reinforced forces of the occupation police into the Southern Mosque (i.e., the Al-Aqsa Mosque itself), in a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the blessed month of Ramadan and attacking the worshippers (Israeli police responded to Muslim riots at the Temple Mount; see note below –Ed.)…
He noted the danger in using religion in the framework of political conflicts, and warned that the settlers are attempting to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque by any means, by creating facts on the ground – ‘dividing it [between Jews and Muslims] according to times and areas’ (see note below –Ed.) on the pretext that they are connected to it. He emphasized that these are ‘unfounded and false claims and a distortion of history.’
Ghaith held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for ‘the explosion of the situation in Jerusalem,’ and noted that he is attempting to hide his financial corruption by means of the escalation at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and in Jerusalem…
The [PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs condemned the dangerous violation by the Israeli occupation forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning [June 2, 2019]…
In a statement, the Ministry of Religious Affairs demanded the international community, which is interested in protecting human rights, act to stop this dangerous attack against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and allow only Muslims to worship there, due to its being a site that belongs only to them and to no one but them…
Supreme Shari’ah Judge and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] advisor on Religious [and Islamic] Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash said that what is occurring at the Al-Aqsa Mosque constitutes a grave development and indicates a most dangerous stage…
Al-Habbash added that the occupation has refrained from invading the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the blessed month of Ramadan in the past, but this taboo no longer exists…
He noted that the occupation authorities are planning additional bloodshed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as happened at the Ibrahimi Mosque (i.e., Cave of the Patriarchs), and are pushing for this in order to create facts on the ground. He held the Israeli government led by Netanyahu responsible for what will happen, and explained that he is the one planning this for his personal purposes."
Temple Mount riots on Jerusalem Day 2019
Division according to areas and times
Mahmoud Al-Habbash also holds the position of Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice.