CALLS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL JEWISH MARCH TO JERUSALEM THIS MONTH

Jerusalem, 8 Dhulqa’ida 1434/14 September 2013 (MINA) – The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage (AFEH) said that an International Jewish march to Jerusalem is being organised to take place during the Jewish festival of Sukkot 19-26 September.

The organiser announced the march to take place on 23 September, under the slogan “we all meet on the way to Jerusalem”. The organisers will provide tents along the routes to Jerusalem and the march will end with a music festival the next day, AFEH said in a press statement.

The organisers also said that the Jewish municipality of occupied Jerusalem and the occupation government will help the organisers to make a success of the event, according to Al-Qassam report quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

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AFEH added that the occupation authorities “have moved from secret planning to destroy the Aqsa Mosque and build the alleged temple in its place to working openly [towards this aim] at different levels that meet at the aim of achieving Ben-Gurion’s stated goal.”

The organisation added that there are many Zionist plans to Judaize Jerusalem, the latest of which is “built Jerusalem”, which aims in principle to build the temple on the ruins of Al-Aqsa and turn it into a place of pilgrimage to Jews around the world.

AFEH explains that this plan talk openly about taking over the Aqsa Mosque, demolishing both the Dome of the Rock an the Southern Mosque as well as some of the walls surrounding the Aqsa Mosque and some old city walls built during the Ottoman period.

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Then building the temple with its centre over the ruins of the dome of the rock and its facilities at the fringes of the Aqsa Mosque, with the main facilities being built on the ruins of the Southern Mosque.

The organisation pointed out that amongst the leaders of this trend is Yehuda Etzion, and extremist Jew who was caught in the early eighties of the last century, with a group of extremist Jews planning to blow up the Aqsa Mosque.

The extremists behind the plan talk about building a grand temple on the ruins of the Mosque which will be visited by 10 million Jews from around the world every year to perform their pilgrimage and see sacrifices being offered there, according to AFEH. (T/P012/P03)

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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)