PA Incitement Before Ramadan: Claims Israel Plans “To Break In” to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Deliberately Cause an “Explosion” During the Muslim Holiday

April 3, 2022

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  • PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Israel plans “escalation” during Ramadan

  • Abbas’ Advisor and Supreme Shari’ah Judge: Israel “deliberately creates crises, plans to break into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque”

As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches, the Palestinian Authority is doing its utmost to incite religious hatred and to incite violence. In order to achieve that goal they are repeating the baseless libel that Israel is deliberately organizing an “escalation” and that it has some kind of malicious intent regarding the Temple Mount.

11 people have been murdered in three separate terror attacks and many others have been injured in additional attacks, just in the last 10 days in Israel, The victims included Jews, an Israeli Druze, a Christian Israeli Arab, and two Ukrainian foreign workers. While the PA-incited terror rages (see herehere and here) the PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to the visits of Jews to the Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – as “invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque” and warned of Israel’s alleged “malicious intentions”:

“The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates held the Israeli government led by [Israeli Prime Minister] Naftali Bennett fully and directly responsible for the invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in general, the continuation of invasions during the blessed month of Ramadan, and the explosion that they will cause in the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In a statement yesterday [March 26, 2022], the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the malicious intentions behind the ‘storm’ that the occupation is raising and advancing regarding the blessed month of Ramadan… are becoming clearer by the day.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 27, 2022]

For those unfamiliar with the site, it is important to stress, that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque,” – delineated in red in the image below – is only one relatively small part of the Temple Mount – delineated in green. Moreover, while Jews are permitted to enter the Temple Mount, they are permitted to do so only for limited hours of the day, are only allowed to walk around the periphery of the site and are strictly prohibited from entering the mosque itself. Ignoring this inconvenient reality, in order to attack Israel and vilify all Jews entering the holy site, the PA systematically refers to the entire Temple Mount as the “Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

One of the PA’s most senior Islamic authorities, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, who serves as the Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations also tried to inflame tensions and warned that the imaginary Israeli plan to “break into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque” would have consequences not only for Israel but “for the world.” Clarifying that his objection to Jews exercising their right to visit Judaism’s holiest site is not limited to the month of Ramadan alone, but rather a blanket PA demand, Al-Habbash added that these visits are “unacceptable at any time”:

“Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash warned against the occupation’s attempts to implement a plan to break into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan, and against the consequences this will have for the security and stability of the region and the world. He emphasized that all the settlers’ break-ins to the Jerusalem Noble Sanctuary (i.e., the Temple Mount) are unacceptable at any time.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 24, 2022]

While Jews go on to the Temple Mount almost every day, Al-Habbash nonetheless argued that the continued Jewish visits to the Mount are a “new crime” and threatened that the Palestinian response “will not be a regular response”:

“We must caution others and be cautious about how the occupation state is preparing to carry out a new crime, which will join its criminal record. The Palestinian response to this will not be a light response and will not be a regular response.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 24, 2022]

Anticipating the PA-incited violence and already preparing the PA excuse and means to attack Israel “in return,” the PA Grand Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein also spoke of the alleged “cunning intentions” that Israel will ostensibly carry out “against the Al-Aqsa Mosque”:

Official PA TV newsreader: “[PA] Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories and blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Muhammad Hussein warned against the occupation authorities continuing to give permission to groups of extremist settlers to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The grand mufti said that the concerns that the occupation authorities are spreading regarding disturbances taking place during the blessed [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan are nothing but a prelude to their cunning intentions that they will carry out against the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and he warned of the consequences of these attacks.”

[Official PA TV News, March 23, 2022]

Alongside the PA incitement regarding the Temple Mount, the PA Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Al-Hadmi, similarly falsely claimed that “settlers are escalating their violations” and “warned” against non-existent attempts by “settler organizations under the auspices of the occupation police” to cause “an explosion”:

[PA] Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi Al-Hadmi said: ‘The occupation authorities and the settlers are escalating their violations in occupied East Jerusalem on the eve of the blessed month of Ramadan.’

In a statement by the Ministry yesterday [March 29, 2022], Al-Hadmi warned against the attempts led by the settlers’ organizations under the auspices of the occupation police in order to cause an explosion in the situation in Jerusalem, which is already fragile.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 30, 2022]

What should be noted is Al-Hadmi’s terminology. For Al-Hadmi and the PA in general, every single Israeli is a “settler,” irrelevant of where he lives, and the Israeli authorities ostensibly run the “settler organizations.”

While it is the PA that is attempting to incite violence and seeks to implement its policies that specifically deny Jews the right to visit Judaism’s holiest site, the PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs projected the PA’s own intentions onto Israel by using the baseless trope of “settlers’ terror” to accuse Israel of a “racist occupation policy” that is aided by anarchy and violence:

“The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that the Israeli government’s mouth speaks about quiet and calming the situation, while its hands are working to cause an explosion…

In a statement yesterday [March 23, 2022], the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: ‘At a time when official Israel is attempting to hold the Palestinian side responsible for the escalation that it is creating and for its consequences under the slogan “the month of Ramadan,” it is implementing a racist occupation policy, is continuing in its aggression against the Palestinian people every day, and is seeking to be aided by anarchy and violence to carry out its colonialist plans.’”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 24, 2022]

The following are longer excerpts of the statements cited above:

Headline: “Al-Habbash: The occupation is preparing to carry out a new crime at the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan”

“Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash warned against the occupation’s attempts to implement a plan to break into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan, and against the consequences this will have for the security and stability of the region and the world. He emphasized that all the settlers’ break-ins to the Jerusalem Noble Sanctuary (i.e., the Temple Mount) are unacceptable at any time.

In response to publications in the Israeli media outlets, according to which [Israeli] Minister of Public Security [Omer Barlev] said that Jews will be allowed to break into the Jerusalem Noble Sanctuary during the blessed month of Ramadan, Al-Habbash said in an interview with the official [PA] radio [station] The Voice of Palestine: ‘We expect nothing from the occupation state other than escalation and creating tensions.’ He added: ‘The occupation’s leaders know well that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is the most sensitive Palestinian site, and therefore now and then they deliberately create crises.’ …

Al-Habbash continued: ‘We must caution others and be cautious about how the occupation state is preparing to carry out a new crime, which will join its criminal record. The Palestinian response to this will not be a light response and will not be a regular response.’ Al-Habbash added that the Palestinian [PA] leadership is holding contacts with everyone and with the international community to restrain the Israeli aggression against Jerusalem.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 24, 2022]

PA Grand Mufti accuses Israel of having “cunning intentions that they will carry out against the Al-Aqsa Mosque”

Official PA TV newsreader: “[PA] Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories and blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Muhammad Hussein warned against the occupation authorities continuing to give permission to groups of extremist settlers to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The grand mufti said that the concerns that the occupation authorities are spreading regarding disturbances taking place during the blessed [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan are nothing but a prelude to their cunning intentions that they will carry out against the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and he warned of the consequences of these attacks.”

[Official PA TV News, March 23, 2022]

Headline: “Al-Hadmi warns against the settlers’ attempts to cause an explosion in the situation in Jerusalem on the eve of the month of Ramadan”

“[PA] Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi Al-Hadmi said: ‘The occupation authorities and the settlers are escalating their violations in occupied East Jerusalem on the eve of the blessed [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan.’

In a statement by the Ministry [of Jerusalem Affairs] yesterday [March 29, 2022], Al-Hadmi warned against the attempts led by the settlers’ organizations under the auspices of the occupation police in order to cause an explosion in the situation in Jerusalem, which is already fragile.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 30, 2022]

Headline: “The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The escalation in the settlers’ terror threatens to cause an explosion in the situation during Ramadan”

“The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that the Israeli government’s mouth speaks about quiet and calming the situation, while its hands are working to cause an explosion…

In a statement yesterday [March 23, 2022], the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: ‘At a time when official Israel is attempting to hold the Palestinian side responsible for the escalation that it is creating and for its consequences under the slogan “the [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan,” it is implementing a racist occupation policy, is continuing in its aggression against the Palestinian people every day, and is seeking to be aided by anarchy and violence to carry out its colonialist plans.’”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 24, 2022]

Headline: “The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds the occupation government responsible for the invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially during Ramadan”

“The [PA] Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates held the Israeli government led by [Israeli Prime Minister] Naftali Bennett fully and directly responsible for the invasions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in general, the continuation of invasions during the blessed [Muslim fasting] month of Ramadan, and the explosion that they will cause in the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In a statement yesterday [March 26, 2022], the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the malicious intentions behind the ‘storm’ that the occupation is raising and advancing regarding the blessed month of Ramadan… are becoming clearer by the day.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 27, 2022]

Muhammad Hussein also serves as Deputy Secretary-General and acting Secretary-General of the PLO Popular National Conference of Jerusalem.

Reprinted with author’s permission from Palestinian Media Watch

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