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Abu Bluff calls on 'Palestinians' to resist Jewish presence on Temple Mount 'by all means'

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen is calling for 'Palestinians' to resist any Jewish presence on the Temple Mount (including visitors) 'by any means.' That's a code for terrorism.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Friday encouraged Islamists to continue efforts aimed at preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, calling on Palestinian Arabs to prevent "settlers" from entering the site using "all means" necessary.

His comments came days after Israeli police once again clashed with Muslim extremists protesters violently demonstrating against Jews visiting the Temple Mount, which is Judaism's holiest site and also the location of the Islamic Al Aqsa complex.

"It is not enough to say the settlers came, but they must be barred from entering the compound by any means. This is our Aqsa... and they have no right to enter it and desecrate it," Abbas said.

The PA president was speaking at a conference in Ramallah after a spate of clashes this week since a Monday confrontation between Palestinian youths and Israeli police.

Abbas insisted that "defending Al-Aqsa" was tantamount to defending Jerusalem, which the Palestinians are demanding as the capital of a future state.  

"Jerusalem is the jewel in the crown and it is the eternal capital of the Palestinian state. Without it, there will not be a state," he said.

"It is important for the Palestinians to be united in order to protect Jerusalem," he added.

Funny. Abu Mazen himself is afraid to visit the Temple Mount and has not done so in years. 

Labels: Abu Mazen, Temple Mount

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:45 PM