Erasing history: Jews are “foreigners to Jerusalem,” claims PA mufti

Official PA TV, special broadcast on violent Arab riots in Jerusalem

PAMuftiMuhammadHussein:“Thisreligioussight[ofMuslimsgoingtoprayattheAl-AqsaMosque]isnotforthespirit[oftheIsraelis]anditsdisturbstheirrest,astheyseeit.Inotherwords,theirbehaviorintheholycity[ofJerusalem]isasifthecityhasbecometheircity.[No,]JerusalemisanArab,Islamic,Palestinian,ancientcity,wheretheCanaaniteslived,wheretheJebusiteslived,anditisArabinitsdeeprootsthatareplantedintheland(sic.,theCanaaniteswerenotArab)…Itschildrenaredeeplyrootedinit,andtheoneswhoareforeigntotheholycityarethesesettlersandextremists,theforeignerstothisholycity(sic.,anabundanceofarchaeologicalevidencehasprovenJewishhistoryinJerusalem).[Their]attemptistofouluptheworshipofGodbyitslegalowners,whoarethe[Arab]residentsofJerusalemandmembersofthePalestinianpeople.”

[Official PA TV, April 22, 2021]

Muhammad Hussein also serves as Deputy Secretary-General and acting Secretary-General of the PLO Popular National Conference of Jerusalem.