Obama to visit Temple Mount?
Noted Palestinian figures declared their intention to hold a news conference on Sunday before afternoon in the Palestinian national theater in occupied Jerusalem to state their position towards the upcoming visit of US president Barack Obama to the Aqsa Mosque.The funny thing is that Obama would probably agree to all this, and Israel would have no choice but to accommodate him, but it would be a nightmare for his American security guards. In the past, visiting officials, including French President Jacques Chirac, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, abided by the Wakf's regulations.
A number of religious and national figures, including head of the higher Islamic council Ikrima Sabri and head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, will participate in this news conference.
"It is known that we have our constants as Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians regarding the issue of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque, and we confirm that Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque are under occupation, which has no sovereignty or legitimacy over them and will inevitably end," the Aqsa foundation quoted Sheikh Ra'ed Salah as saying.
"The US president is likely to visit the Aqsa Mosque, but we should affirm that our position towards such situation will be in conformity with the constants of the Muslim and Arab nations, and the Palestinian people as well as with the issue of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque," he added.
For his part, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri said that the Palestinians would welcome any visitor to the Aqsa Mosque, provided that he should abide by the regulations set by the Islamic Waqf authority.
Sheikh Sabri explained that if Obama wanted to visit the Aqsa Mosque, he should enter through Al-Asbat gate and not Al-Maghariba gate under Israel's control in order to show his respect for the Islamic sovereignty over the Mosque.
He added that Obama should not be accompanied by an Israeli official during his visit to the holy Mosque because it belongs to Muslims and it is their holy site alone.
Times of Israel adds:
Responding to unconfirmed rumors that US President Barack Obama intends to visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during his trip to Israel next month, the Hamas terror group and local clerics warned the American leader against the idea on Tuesday, calling it “a diplomatic catastrophe.”
A statement issued by Hamas called Obama’s potential visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located at the southern perimeter of the Mount, “an imminent danger which the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem have never faced.”
Hamas stated that a visit by the American president to the contested site under the auspices of “the Zionist occupation” would be more dangerous than the relocation of any country’s embassy to Jerusalem, considering the international preeminence of the United States.
Someone needs to remind the Wakf who won the 1967 War, and that were it not for the Leftist General, Moshe Dayan, they would no longer control the Temple Mount.The Temple Mount, revered by Jews as the site of the first and second temples and by Muslims as the point from which Muhammad ascended to heaven, is administered by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, a trust that has governed the site since the 12th century.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Temple Mount, Wakf
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:28 AM
4 Comments:
Can I stop banging my head on the wall yet? To even allow him in Israel makes me furious. I hope that Bibi has the guts to walk out on him and goes to eat, leaving Hussein sitting there. To be honest, Bibi worries me.
Pres. Obama described the call to prayer as ”one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”
Lois, Bibi has no spine. He will grovel and fall all over himself trying to please His Royal Highness.
If BO said eat poop, Bibi would want to know how much.
If it were me, I'd serve pork to him. But I would not stay in the room with him. I am allergic to him. The sound of his voice causes projectile vomit to emit from my mouth.
As a good muslim, he is obligated to visit the temple mount.
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