RADWAN: AL-AQSA MOSQUE IS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF MUSLIMS
Gaza City, 20 Dzulhijjah 1434/25 October 2013 (MINA) – Palestinian Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Ismail Radwan warned of the Israeli repeated attempts to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews .
Radwan commented on a proposed document by the Likud party to apply special regulations to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews, Alray, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
“The Al-Aqsa Mosque with its full area of 144 dunums of land is the prerogative of the Muslims ,”he said.
He called on the Arab and Islamic media to shed more light on Jerusalem, the serious Judaization attempts and intrusions that have become almost daily.
Radwan appealed to the Arab and Islamic nations to mobilize all energies for the defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
He praised the worshipers and students in the al-Aqsa and asked them for greater resilience and fortitude in the face of the settlers who attack al-Aqsa Mosque repeatedly .
Radwan also called for the Arab and Islamic nations, League of Arab States, Organization of Islamic Cooperation , and international human rights organizations to curb the continuous aggression against al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian people.
Palestinian Government denounces continuous storming of Al-Aqsa Courtyards
The Palestinian Government in Gaza condemned the daily storming of Al-Aqsa courtyards by Israeli settlers and soldiers, pointing out that more than 1600 Israeli settlers have stormed al-Aqsa during the past week.
The statement renewed the calls on the Egyptian authorities to re-open Rafah border crossing permanently in both directions. It also condemned the Egyptian media incitement against the Palestinian people and resistance movements.
The statement found weird that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas paid the tribute to the Shas leader rabbi Ovadia Yosef who once “likened Palestinians to snakes and called on Abbas to vanish from our world,”
The government decried the inhuman treatment of Palestinian refugees who fled from Syria to Italy, calling for treating them properly.
Moreover, it denounced the decision made by Czech republic to move its embassy from (Tel Aviv) to occupied Jerusalem, urging it to reverse this decision which violates the international law.
The cabinet applauded the United Arab Media Council’s decision for choosing Jerusalem as the capital of Arab media for the year of 2014. It called on all Arab journalists to bear their responsibilities in protecting Jerusalem from being judaized. (T/P02/E1)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
