PA Daily celebrates "victory" of violent Arab riots in Jerusalem, saying that they have "defeated the occupation"
Excerpt of an editorial by the official PA daily
Headline: “Jerusalem and its Palestinian truth”
“Let us place the issue of Jerusalem in the proper context. The young people of Jerusalem, its elderly, and all its residents – men, women, and children – have defeated the occupation’s arbitrary measures (refers to Israel removing security barricades following violent Arab riots -Ed.). They connected the iron gates (sic., barricades) to the metal detectors that they brought down at the end of 2017 (see note below -Ed.)…
Through their victory, the residents of Jerusalem are saying today that whoever wants [PA] elections without Jerusalem is only confirming the ominous statement of [former US President Donald] Trump, according to which Jerusalem is the capital of the Israeli occupation state (see note below -Ed.). Thus he is making an opening for the return of the deal of the century (i.e., Trump’s Middle East peace plan) that was buried!
Jerusalem is never an excuse; either it will be under Palestinian sovereignty such that the elections will be completed there, or the struggle and confrontation will continue round after round, until ‘Allah might accomplish a matter already destined’ [Quran 8:44, Sahih International translation].”
The mention of "the metal detectors that they brought down at the end of 2017" refers to Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount, including metal detectors at the entrances, following an attack there on July 14, 2017, in which 2 Israeli border police officers were murdered by 3 Israeli Arab terrorists. On July 24, 2017, Israel decided to remove the metal detectors and security cameras it had placed at the site. The PA continued to demand that all measures including inspections at the entrances be removed, and Palestinians continued to riot. On July 27, 2017, PA religious leaders declared that all Israeli measures had been removed.
US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel