PA religious leaders "condemn the aggressive" Israel-UAE peace agreement
Headline: “Imams and preachers at the mosques of Palestine condemn the normalization agreement between the UAE and Israel”
“Imams, preachers, and gatekeepers at the mosques of Palestine, as well as employees at the [PA] Ministry of Religious Affairs, participated in a rally yesterday [Aug. 19, 2020] against the UAE’s declaration on normalizing relations with the occupation state (see note below –Ed.)…
Sheikh Omar Salameh said in a statement from the imams, preachers, and gatekeepers of the mosques of Palestine: ‘We are raising our voices against the tyranny and the tyrants, and condemning the aggressive tripartite agreement between the US, Israel, and the UAE, which the UAE rulers signed…’
Salameh added: ‘Palestine is the land of the divine messengers to the people, and together with it and behind it stand all the honorable people in the [Islamic] nation. The Al-Aqsa Mosque in its known boundaries – 144 dunams (i.e., approximately 35.6 acres) – is an exclusive right of the Muslims, and no one can say that others have a right to it.’
He said that visiting Jerusalem under the auspices and protection of the occupation is treason against Allah, His Prophet [Muhammad], and the Palestinian cause, which the Martyrs’ blood has been spilled in abundance in order to defend it.”