Palestinian National Council: Israel’s goal is to “empty [Jerusalem] of its Palestinian residents until it is Judaized,” Jew set fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969, Mosque must be “defended”
Headline: “On the 50th anniversary of its arson – national activists call on the Arabs…”
“National figures and forces yesterday [Aug. 20, 2019] called on the Arab world and the Islamic world to provide the residents of Jerusalem with the basics for resolve, and to prevent the occupation’s plan to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque according to times and areas (see note below –Ed.)…
The Palestinian National Council (i.e., the PLO legislative body) said on the 50th anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Mosque arson that Jerusalem… is suffering until now from systematic Israeli aggression, whose goal is to empty it of its Palestinian residents until it is Judaized.
The Palestinian National Council demanded that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the parliaments [of OIC member states], and all of its institutions – which were established following the Al-Aqsa Mosque arson in 1969 [ignited] by a Jew named Michael Denis Rohan (sic., Rohan was an Australian Christian; see note below) –defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque…
Jerusalem District Governor Adnan Ghaith called to declare the occupied capital a disaster-stricken city as a result of the arbitrary Israeli steps against the city, its holy sites, and its residents. He held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for exploding the situation in the holy city [of Jerusalem] and in the entire Palestinian, Arab, and Islamic arena for his electoral goals.”