Abbas’ advisor: Western Wall is “an Islamic wall and an Islamic waqf”
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash: "Israel does not miss any opportunity to attempt to create a reality in the occupied Palestinian territories and then act based on this reality. Look at the media today, no one talks anymore, about the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount). No one talks about the Al-Buraq Plaza (i.e., the Western Wall Plaza). This is an Islamic wall and an Islamic waqf (i.e., an inalienable religious endowment in Islamic law). All its stones are 1,000 years old, meaning it was built during the Muslim period, during the period of Islamic conquest. The Al-Buraq Plaza is a plaza owned by the Islamic Waqf and is a Palestinian plaza… Israel's presence at the Al-Buraq Wall, not just at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, is illegal."
[PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, YouTube channel, March 6, 2026]