Israel is a "cancer" says Abbas’ religious advisor
Headline: “Al-Habbash: Jerusalem is the cause of the entire nation and our people is waging the battle to defend its honor”
“Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash said that Jerusalem is the cause of every Muslim, and that the Islamic nation and Arab nation must bear their responsibility towards the Palestinian cause.
During a forum organized by the Nahdlatul Ulama association in Indonesia, Al-Habbash added that today our people is waging a war to defend the nation’s honor.
Al-Habbash described the occupation authority’s barbaric aggression against our people as genocide and a pure war crime (refers to Israeli defensive operation in response to Hamas rocket barrages on Israeli cities; see note below -Ed.)…
Al-Habbash demanded that the world fix the historical mistake committed by colonialism against our people at the start of the last century and remove the cancerous occupation that they implanted in the body of the nation.
Al-Habbash emphasized that the word submission does not exist in the dictionary of our people, which is defying the violence of this occupation with full resolve and resisting the injustice with all means (i.e., term used by Palestinians, which also refers to the use of violence and terror).”