Fatah denies Jewish history at the Western Wall, claims Jews have no connection to it
Fatah-run Awdah TV narrator: “The Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount) is the southern part of the western wall of the Jerusalem Noble Sanctuary (i.e., the Temple Mount), whose length is approximately 47 meters and whose height is approximately 17 meters. The Jews never used it as a place of worship, except after the Balfour Promise(i.e., Declaration) was issued in 1917.”
[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, Aug. 15, 2023]
Posted text on Facebook page: “Watch: The anniversary of the 1929 Al-Buraq Rebellion (i.e., 1929 Arab Riots)”
It is not correct that Jews have “never used the Western Wall as a place of worship before the Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917.” Jews have been praying at the Western Wall at least since they were given permission to do so in 1546 by the Ottoman ruler Sultan Suleiman I.
Muhammad Jamjoum, Fuad Hijazi, and Ataa Al-Zir