EGYPT CABINET MINISTERS PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM
The Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) in Egypt was launched after Friday prayers from a mosque in Nasr City in Cairo, with the participation of Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Hisham Qandil, Minister of Culture Dr. Alaa Abdel Aziz, and Sports Minister Farouk al-Amiri.
“We will never give up on Jerusalem which we consider the capital of Palestine,” said Dr. Alaa Abdul Aziz, Minister of Culture, said in a press statement during the march, as well as stressing that the Jerusalem issue has united all the forces, Palestinian Information Center reported as monitored by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).
While the Minister of Sports asserted that all ministers of Youth in the Arab world refuse the occupation practices and Judaization projects against Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Participants in the march left Rabaa El Adaweya Mosque in Nasr City after Friday prayers, heading for the Unknown Soldier Memorial, then to the Cairo Stadium; where they staged an oratory festival attended by several political forces.
In Alexandria, a mass rally and an oratorical festival were organized at 4 pm.
For their part, Friday preachers in Egypt, during the sermons, dealt with the issue of the occupation of Jerusalem and the attempts to Judaize the holy city and Al-Aqsa Mosque, calling on the nation to support the Palestinian people and protect the Islamic sanctities.
Dr. Salah Sultan, secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Egypt and Imam of Rabaa El Adaweya Mosque said “We will never recognize Israel”, calling for taking real effective steps to liberate the Palestinian land.(T/P03/E1)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
