Abbas: Palestinians “own” the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall because they are “an Islamic waqf,” the Israeli “narrative is fake”
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We are taking advantage of the opportunity of the Jerusalem Conference today to present a true and documented narrative regarding the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, including the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount). This is a narrative that debunks the fake narrative that the occupation relies on. We own the right to Palestine, Jerusalem, and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we also own the exclusive religious, historical, and legal right to the Al-Buraq Wall, which as we said previously is part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and an Islamic waqf (i.e., an inalienable religious endowment in Islamic law). The Al-Buraq Wall is a legal Islamic waqf, and this right of ours was confirmed in the noble and mighty Quran.”
[Official PA TV, Feb. 12, 2023]
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas made this statement at the Arab League’s Jerusalem Conference in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023.