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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Hamas:Palestinian position on Obama visit to Aqsa Mosque

Palestinians to state their position on Obama's planned visit to Aqsa
24-02-2013,10:43
http://www.qassam.ps/news-6665-Palestinians_to_state_their_position_on_Obamas_planned_visit_to_Aqsa.html

Al Qassam website- Occupied Jerusalem- 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.

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.

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