Director of Al-Aqsa repeats libel that an “extremist Jew” set fire to the mosque in 1969
Director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani: "The Southern Mosque (i.e., the Al-Aqsa Mosque itself) is divided into halls. The central hall, which is the large hall, is located on the side of the direction of prayer, and is the place where the Imam stands... Next to it is the Saladin Al-Ayyubi pulpit, which one of the extremist Jews set on fire."
[Official PA TV, From the Stones of Jerusalem, March 12, 2026]