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Sunday, February 26, 2017
Palestinian minister warns of 'Israeli attempts to destroy Al-Aqsa

Dr. Aaron Lerner: "UNDER the compound"????
Palestinian minister warns of 'Israeli attempts to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque'
Feb. 26, 2017 11:53 A.M. (Updated: Feb. 26, 2017 6:00 P.M.)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=775665

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Minister of Waqf (Islamic endowment) and
Religious Affairs Sheikh Yousif Ideis has warned "of the ongoing attempts by
the (Israeli) occupation authorities" to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied
East Jerusalem through the daily excavations being carried out under the
compound.

He said in a statement on Sunday that ongoing excavations under the grounds
of the compound could lead to a "religious war in the region," which he said
the Israeli state was igniting every day.

Ideis’ statements came as the Islamic-Christian Committee to Defend
Jerusalem and Holy Sites said that sinkholes occurred in the neighborhood of
Silwan south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday morning, blaming them
on the Israeli excavations in the area.

The committee’s public secretary, Hana Issa, said that a number of sinkholes
have occurred in the neighborhood in past years, particularly on Wadi
al-Hilweh street.

Ideis argued that the Israeli measures represented "obvious violations” of
resolutions established by international bodies, the latest being an UNESCO
resolution passed last October denouncing Israeli violations in the occupied
territory, mainly focusing on policies around Al-Aqsa, which the agency
claimed increase tensions between Palestinian worshipers and Jewish
visitors, while sparking fears among Palestinians that Israel could further
deny their right to access Al-Aqsa.

The resolution notably expressed “deep concern” regarding the illegal
demolitions of Umayyad, Ottoman, and Mamluk remains, as well as other
intrusive works and excavations in and around the compound, and called upon
Israel to halt the measures according to the state’s obligations as an
occupying power.

Israel frequently permits excavations and archaeological digs in occupied
East Jerusalem, specifically around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, that threaten the
structural integrity of Palestinian homes and holy sites in the area.

In the past, tunnels have partially collapsed and caused holes to open up
above them, threatening Palestinian homes, roads, and a local mosque.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque, cherished as the third holiest site in Islam, is located
in East Jerusalem, a part of the internationally recognized Palestinian
territory which has been occupied by the Israeli army for almost 50 years.

It is also venerated as Judaism's most holy place, as it sits where Jews
believe the First and Second Temples once stood. The Second Temple was
destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, and some Jewish extremists have called for
the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to build a Third Temple in
its place.

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