Abbas’ advisor: “The Martyrs' families willingly sacrificed their children for Palestine and in order to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy sites”

Headline: "Al-Habbash: Palestine's position towards Saudi Arabia is what the [PA] president and leadership are expressing"

"[PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs and Supreme Shari'ah Judge Dr. Mahmoud Al-Habbash… and Saudi Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs Abdallah Al-Samel yesterday [Aug. 8, 2019] visited the relatives of the Palestinian Martyrs who made pilgrimage thanks to the Saudi king's grant…

Al-Habbash said that the Martyrs' families willingly sacrificed their children for Palestine and in order to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy sites, and this warm gesture from the Saudi king comes to tell them: 'We are with you, and the Saudis and all Arabs are with you.’"

Mahmoud Al-Habbash also holds the position of Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice.