The Jews will return to exile – Egyptian cleric

Egyptian Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: "The question on the mind of everyone currently watching us is: the conflict going on between the Palestinians and the group of Zionists: Do they actually have a right to this land, have they dwelled on this land or lived in it before, so that they can demand it? Of course, all of history says the first to dwell on Palestinian land were the Canaanites... They were Arab tribes that settled on the coast of Greater Syria…If you read the history books, the number of Jews was always small. You will always find they lived in the Jewish quarter, the Jewish street, or the Jewish town, keeping to themselves. Even when they were in exile – and [some] still are, and they will return to this state [of exile] Allah willing – their seed was few and their numbers small. In contrast, look at the Muslims."

[Official PA TV, Palestine is Not for Sale, March 1, 2025]

Younes is from Al-Azhar – a prominent Muslim academic institution in Cairo, Egypt.