Abbas’ advisor: “We do not recognize any religious right” of the Jews in Jerusalem
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “For thousands of years, Jerusalem was a Palestinian, Arab, and Canaanite city, and it is an Islamic Christian city, in which the holiest site to Muslims in Palestine is located and the holiest site to Christians in the world is located – the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – and the occupation (i.e., Israel) does not even have a minimal right to it. Let me be clear, sincere, and direct – not even a religious right. We do not recognize any religious right of theirs. Even the Al-Buraq Wall that they claim is the Western Wall is an Islamic waqf (i.e., an inalienable religious endowment). Even the international community, international law, and the League of Nations testified to this in 1930… All the claims and lies with which they [the Jews] are attempting to invent an alleged right for themselves will not change the Arab, Islamic, and Palestinian identity of the holy city [of Jerusalem].”
[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, June 5, 2024]
Mahmoud Al-Habbash also serves as PA Supreme Shari’ah Judge and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Shari'ah Justice.
The Palestinians have no history prior to the modern period and no connection to the Canaanites.
An abundance of evidence proves Jewish history in Jerusalem.