PA Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs: Palestinians must defend the Cave of the Patriarchs “from the occupation's ongoing plots to take it over”

Headline: "The occupation closed the Ibrahimi Mosque for 24 hours on the pretext of the Jewish holidays"

"The occupation authorities closed the holy Ibrahimi Mosque (i.e., Cave of the Patriarchs) for 24 hours yesterday [Aug. 29, 2019] on the pretext of the Jewish holidays (refers to the first day of the Jewish month of Elul –Ed.)…

[PA] Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Husam Abu Al-Rub condemned the decision to close the Ibrahimi Mosque to the worshippers and open all of its corridors and plazas to the settlers…

Abu Al-Rub demanded that every Palestinian, and the people of the Hebron district in particular, continue to hold prayers at the holy Ibrahimi Mosque and defend it from the occupation's ongoing plots to take it over."