The Palestinian cause is “an existential and ideological battle” not “a battle over borders” – Muslim academic

Al-Azhar Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: "Every free Muslim knows that the Palestinian cause… is not a cause between states over borders, or a battle over borders, but rather it's an existential and ideological battle."

[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, June 2, 2026]

Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes teaches at Al-Azhar – a prominent Muslim academic institution in Cairo.