Israeli Arab leader “blesses the arms that rose up” in violent riots, on PA TV
Official PA TV, special broadcast on violent Arab riots and Hamas rocket barrages
Sons of the Land leadership member Muhammad Kanaaneh Abu As’ad: “First,blessingstoourpeopleeverywhere.We bless the young men and women, especially in the occupied Palestinian Interior (i.e.,PalestiniantermforIsrael), in the coastal cities,in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and in the Gaza Strip. We say to them: May the arms be blessed that came out and rose up for the sake of the victory of Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and for the sake of the victory of the Damascus Gate [of Jerusalem’s Old City] and the Sheikh Jarrah [neighborhood of Jerusalem], and for the sake of the victory of the Gaza Strip – Gaza of resistance, Gaza that is standing firm. This is our message: We are one people. That is what has been discovered in this intifada.That is what we see throught these masses in Arraba, and also in every city, village, and population gathering here in the Palestinian Interior.”
[Official PA TV, May 18, 2021]
“Sons of the Land” is an Israeli Arab political movement seeking to end the Jewish state of Israel and establish a non-Jewish Palestinian state.