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[00:00:00] We came here and found
[00:00:00] this situation by the occupation the view completely, you know, ah,
[00:00:04] this area used to be one of the most beautiful areas,
[00:00:09] checkpoint, and as you can see, it's now ruined.
[00:00:13] to protect this
[00:00:18] support from
[00:00:19] the creed. The responsibility does
[00:00:24] by these practices at
[00:00:25] passing on want to change this
[00:00:37] Good times to you, dear viewers, and welcome supporting Israel in to this episode
[00:00:42] in the gate of heaven in of "With
[00:00:46] times, in a way that does who are elderly, women, children, the Event," where we follow in him suffering a burn with you a series of field developments and repeated settler
[00:00:49] to be steadfast, to preserve incursions
[00:00:50] into the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards. At the highest levels
[00:00:53] in the occupation government, starting from the Prime Minister of the occupation state,
[00:00:57] Benjamin Netanyahu, and also through the settlers
[00:01:00] and Ben-Gvir, who
[00:01:04] took control of it. also carried out a large-scale incursion this morning
[00:01:06] of the Nativity, in the and performed Talmudic Ribat, um, in rituals in the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:01:10] Hundreds of settlers stormed the courtyards of the blessed
[00:01:14] Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem this morning
[00:01:17] they attacked citizens from the side of the Mughrabi
[00:01:18] Al-Rifai? Of course, I mean, this Gate, under heavy protection from the occupation
[00:01:20] police, coinciding with what is called
[00:01:24] the Jewish Day of Atonement. We will follow with you
[00:01:29] Security Minister, has been inciting against this report. Occupied Jerusalem is heading towards
[00:01:31] more escalation in
[00:01:33] prayers and reads from light of the continuous occupation measures that
[00:01:36] dollar have turned the city into a military barracks,
[00:01:39] coinciding with the incursions into Al-Aqsa
[00:01:43] in their daily lives are escalating, Mosque and the tightening another. This also applies of restrictions on the movement
[00:01:46] to attacking of Jerusalemites, coinciding with what is called the
[00:01:49] Jewish Day of Atonement, which continues until Monday evening.
[00:01:53] and precautionary This comes amidst the incursion by the Prime
[00:01:57] is happening now in first day was a Saturday, Minister of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by
[00:02:00] a number of his government ministers and thousands
[00:02:03] of settlers, into the Western
[00:02:06] they face. From Wall, in a scene that
[00:02:07] and at the Gate of Mercy reflects the escalation
[00:02:09] from the outside, in the Gate of Mercy Cemetery. This of tension around the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Holy
[00:02:12] as absolute control over City, while hundreds of settlers stormed the courtyards
[00:02:16] of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the protection
[00:02:19] of occupation forces, and performed rituals and Talmudic
[00:02:23] prayers during the incursion,
[00:02:26] including what is called
[00:02:28] and also the Ibrahimi Mosque in "epic prostration." In contrast, the Governorate
[00:02:31] meaning, she might not have been able to of Jerusalem confirmed the launch of calls for
[00:02:35] It is not mobilization and steadfastness in the Al-Aqsa
[00:02:37] epic prostrations, blow the Mosque to confront settler incursions
[00:02:40] prayer garments that are not and thwart occupation plans,
[00:02:43] warning of
[00:02:46] transform this the escalation of Jewish the will of Muslims and against groups' movements
[00:02:49] grass sprouts. This around the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Jewish
[00:02:52] holiday season, as part of attempts to impose new
[00:02:55] religious rituals in the region.
[00:03:00] attacks in the heart of this Outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards, the circle
[00:03:02] of violations is expanding with the escalation of decisions to expel
[00:03:07] nation should compete with Jerusalemites from it,
[00:03:09] to the Bab Al-Rahma prayer hall, this while Palestinian circles warn that the repercussions of these
[00:03:11] measures will extend beyond the holiday period
[00:03:15] to impose permanent realities and encroach
[00:03:18] prevented from entering this on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Judaize it.
[00:03:21] While incursions continue
[00:03:24] and strict measures are in place in Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa
[00:03:28] Mosque remains at the heart of the escalation, amidst
[00:03:31] fears that the measures related to the
[00:03:34] holiday season will turn into
[00:03:37] Israeli plan steps that transcend the current circumstances
[00:03:40] and entrench a new reality
[00:03:43] and bestowed upon us this inside the mosque and its surroundings. In light of
[00:03:46] the continued calls for pilgrimage
[00:03:51] the clock. This for centuries. and steadfastness, attention turns to what developments will lead to
[00:03:55] unprecedented with these amounts of
[00:03:55] of obstacles placed by the occupation
[00:03:56] Today, they have taken control of in Jerusalem in the coming days.
[00:04:04] of settlement, if this We continue with you, dear viewers, after the event, where Mr. Maarouf Al-Rifai,
[00:04:06] Media Advisor to the Jerusalem
[00:04:09] is Ashkelon? On Governorate, joins us. Welcome, Mr. Maarouf, and greetings
[00:04:10] the historical and legal status quo in to you.
[00:04:12] of the Islamic endowments. Greetings, my brother Hassan, to you and all viewers. Welcome, Professor Maarouf
[00:04:16] Al-Rifai. A continuous aggression and violations in
[00:04:20] the heart of Jerusalem, and also repeated incursions at all
[00:04:24] and its surroundings. This political and racist Israeli levels into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Prime Minister
[00:04:29] place in 1967, this of the occupation is talking about
[00:04:33] no less than a thousand settlers who stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa
[00:04:36] Mosque since the early hours of this morning
[00:04:39] under pretexts related to what is called the Day
[00:04:43] of Atonement
[00:04:45] To this extent, the colonial for Israel. I mean, allow me, my brother Hassan, to first
[00:04:49] talk about
[00:04:51] Mosque. In and its east. We follow a stolen right by the occupation forces, which is the right to move
[00:04:54] on roads. We have been stuck at the Jaba
[00:04:57] occupation checkpoint since 6 PM. This checkpoint was
[00:05:00] closed by the occupation forces on the occasion of the Hebrew
[00:05:04] and employees are prevented from holidays. There are tens of thousands of Palestinian citizens who
[00:05:07] are now piled up in their vehicles since 6 PM
[00:05:10] until now, and I mean
[00:05:13] I left my office in Ram Governorate, me and some colleagues,
[00:05:17] between 1:30 and 2:00, and until now we are stuck at this
[00:05:21] the hateful
[00:05:24] occupation checkpoint. The occupation forces
[00:05:27] fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at us,
[00:05:31] and even prevented us from parking
[00:05:34] our vehicles and
[00:05:37] foot. And thousands of our Palestinian people are still,
[00:05:41] until this moment, at the Jaba checkpoint, not allowed
[00:05:44] to move, neither on foot nor in their vehicles. And this
[00:05:48] is a right guaranteed by all international laws and conventions, my brother Hassan,
[00:05:52] which is the right to freedom of movement on roads that the occupation forces prevent us
[00:05:56] from exercising. There are more than 88 occupation checkpoints surrounding
[00:05:59] the city of Jerusalem now, all of them closed due to
[00:06:03] the Hebrew holidays, and to allow
[00:06:06] settlers to move freely during these holidays,
[00:06:09] separating by a hateful racial
[00:06:13] segregation that has not been seen even in South
[00:06:16] Africa during the apartheid era. As for
[00:06:19] your question regarding the incursions, yes,
[00:06:22] yesterday Netanyahu led
[00:06:25] a prayer for tens of thousands of settlers
[00:06:29] in the Buraq Plaza and at
[00:06:32] the Western Wall, and he was reciting these Torah
[00:06:35] recitations in front of tens of thousands of
[00:06:39] settlers who stormed the Old City and the
[00:06:43] western area adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Of course, the occupation
[00:06:47] police turned the Old City into a military barracks
[00:06:50] and prohibited movement and the opening
[00:06:53] of shops, and even the residents
[00:06:56] of the Old City were prevented from leaving their homes. Before
[00:07:00] the start of these holidays, they carried out precautionary expulsions
[00:07:06] arrests. Of course, the
[00:07:10] and as you know, settlers were forbidden from storming Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:07:13] Consequently, they held collective prayers in the courtyards,
[00:07:16] alleys, and streets of the Old City
[00:07:22] gate is targeted by colonial
[00:07:25] associations, which claim that it is the remains of the alleged Second Temple
[00:07:28] and that the Third Temple will be built from this
[00:07:32] point. Therefore, the area adjacent
[00:07:34] to the Gate of Mercy prayer hall
[00:07:38] now has something similar to an undeclared synagogue, which is targeted
[00:07:41] by daily incursions, and settlers
[00:07:44] perform collective prayers,
[00:07:49] shofar, and bring in
[00:07:52] worn, and prayer tools that are only used
[00:07:56] inside a synagogue. Today, approximately a thousand settlers
[00:08:00] stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, led by the extremist minister Ben-Gvir,
[00:08:04] and performed all Talmudic rituals in the courtyards
[00:08:07] of Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially in this area located east
[00:08:10] of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, and also in the Gate of Mercy Cemetery,
[00:08:14] which is located outside the eastern wall
[00:08:17] of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Yes. Well, Mr. Maarouf, honestly, there are rituals
[00:08:21] called "epic prostration" or even "lying prostration," these strange scenes
[00:08:25] performed by settlers inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa
[00:08:28] Mosque, claiming the Day of Atonement. There is, honestly,
[00:08:31] a clear Israeli settlement policy that is being carried out under the protection,
[00:08:34] sponsorship, and support of the occupation army to provide
[00:08:38] all means of security and safety for these settlers to enter
[00:08:42] or storm the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and perform these religious
[00:08:45] rituals. What is the danger of such measures that Israel seeks
[00:08:48] time and time again to
[00:08:51] confirm the right of these settlers, in
[00:08:55] quotation marks, to perform such prayers or
[00:08:58] rituals? I mean, the colonial organizations, supported by
[00:09:01] Netanyahu's government, my brother Hassan, have taken it upon themselves to establish
[00:09:05] a foothold in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:09:09] the eastern area of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, and
[00:09:12] they want to take control of the Bab al-Rahma cemetery from the outside and establish
[00:09:15] regular prayers, as is the case in the Western
[00:09:19] Wall Plaza, in order to change
[00:09:23] Al-Aqsa Mosque. They even submitted a request,
[00:09:26] the colonial organizations, to Netanyahu's government, to allow
[00:09:29] them to pray only on Saturday for Jews. I mean,
[00:09:33] how come Friday is reserved for Muslims and no
[00:09:36] other religion is allowed to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, even for a
[00:09:40] visit or tourism? They want to allocate Saturday
[00:09:43] for Jewish prayer, and only Jews are allowed. This
[00:09:47] court case has been postponed until next week or the week after, and perhaps
[00:09:51] the approval will be given to allocate Saturday only
[00:09:54] for Jews to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:09:57] organizations, whose actions Netanyahu's office used to claim
[00:10:01] were individual acts and not supported by
[00:10:05] Netanyahu's government, and that the historical and legal status quo in Al-Aqsa
[00:10:08] Mosque would not be touched and that they respected this status. Today,
[00:10:12] Netanyahu's government boasts that it is the one providing
[00:10:16] these facilities and that it is facilitating attempts
[00:10:19] to control Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ultimately, the big and distant goal, my brother
[00:10:23] Hassan, is to annex East Jerusalem.
[00:10:25] Israel has a project called "United Jerusalem" as the capital
[00:10:28] of the occupation, and the Jerusalem 20 50 project. It cannot
[00:10:32] implement this project, which is the annexation of East Jerusalem
[00:10:35] as a unified capital with West Jerusalem for the occupation,
[00:10:38] except by trying to control Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy
[00:10:41] Sepulchre and preventing the thousands of people who
[00:10:44] flock to Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islamic religious occasions. Therefore, the
[00:10:48] colonial organizations do not practice such methods
[00:10:52] and such violations in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque
[00:10:55] on their own initiative, but rather there is a systematic
[00:10:59] plan supported by Netanyahu's government. And you know now that this is an
[00:11:03] election season, and everyone wants to outbid each other at the expense of our people's
[00:11:07] blood, and at the expense of our holy sites, and at the expense
[00:11:09] of our lands. Yes. Well, I mean, when
[00:11:13] Ben-Gvir and what is called the Israeli
[00:11:16] National Security Minister, or even the Prime Minister of the occupation
[00:11:20] state, initiate these rituals with them,
[00:11:23] hundreds of settlers, they confirm this approach
[00:11:27] of incursions or grant legitimacy, in one way or another,
[00:11:30] to the process of settlers storming and granting such
[00:11:34] rituals and practices legitimacy
[00:11:37] of one kind or another. How
[00:11:40] do you follow this matter, Mr.
[00:11:43] extremist minister whom we are watching now on your honorable
[00:11:47] screen is one of those who, ever since he assumed
[00:11:50] his duties as the Israeli National
[00:11:54] the Al-Aqsa Mosque. And whenever he storms the Al-Aqsa Mosque, he performs
[00:11:58] the Torah scrolls, and he used to declare
[00:12:02] that this place is a place for Jews, and that
[00:12:05] Muslims have taken over this place, and that we will liberate this place.
[00:12:09] And on one occasion, he appeared to us and asked, "Whose place is it today?"
[00:12:13] I mean, or "who is the owner of the place today?" He was boasting
[00:12:16] that he, the colonial organizations, and the extremist settlers
[00:12:20] completely control the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:12:23] Of course, all of this, my brother Hassan, is accompanied by
[00:12:26] measures, I mean, against the Islamic Endowments and against
[00:12:29] its employees. The Islamic Endowments have now become stripped of their will,
[00:12:33] and they are the, I mean, the owners of the administration and the owners
[00:12:36] of the custodianship of the holy sites in the city of Jerusalem, especially the Al-Aqsa
[00:12:39] Mosque. Today, the employees are either deported,
[00:12:42] or detained, or prevented from entering the city of Jerusalem, or sidelined.
[00:12:46] I mean, these incursions, before October 7th, were accompanied by
[00:12:50] Waqf employees, and, I mean,
[00:12:53] specific times were allocated, and even though it was, I mean, a fait
[00:12:57] accompli, it was dealt with by Waqf employees. Today, the Islamic
[00:13:01] Waqf does not dare to interfere in anything inside the courtyards
[00:13:04] of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Even the green grass that the
[00:13:07] Waqf used to remove in April and May, before the
[00:13:10] dry season and before this
[00:13:14] year, they were prevented from removing even the weeds. The trees that you
[00:13:17] see in front of you in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque are all exposed
[00:13:21] to drought and dryness, and they have started to fall
[00:13:24] one by one. I mean, even the trees, they prevented the Waqf
[00:13:28] from pruning them, or caring for them, or watering them, or looking after them.
[00:13:31] The area, as I told you, adjacent
[00:13:34] prayer hall, my brother Hassan, which in 2019, the Jerusalemites
[00:13:38] fought a battle to open it and to pray in it. Today, we are
[00:13:43] prayer hall. You saw yesterday, Friday, the police entered
[00:13:47] during prayer and during the Friday sermon. The occupation
[00:13:50] police entered, and they entered with their shoes, of course, and defiled
[00:13:54] the place. They defiled the Bab Al-Rahma prayer hall and asked some
[00:13:58] worshipers to leave the prayer hall and prevented them from entering
[00:14:01] it. Therefore, we believe that the occupation
[00:14:04] government has begun to allocate this area as an undeclared
[00:14:08] synagogue for settlers and colonial organizations.
[00:14:11] Yes. Well, Mr. Al-Rifai, you spoke, I mean, Professor Maarouf, regarding
[00:14:15] the checkpoints, and we witnessed a series
[00:14:20] today in the way of citizens' movement and also around
[00:14:23] Jerusalem. In what you mentioned, the Jaba
[00:14:27] checkpoint, where thousands of vehicles were, and this is not an exaggeration, whoever
[00:14:30] was at the site witnessed this huge number, thousands of vehicles
[00:14:34] stranded and stopped because of this Israeli
[00:14:38] checkpoint and its closure in the face of citizens
[00:14:41] and their movements, and coinciding with the return of school students
[00:14:44] from Jerusalem's sons and daughters who, I mean, were cut off
[00:14:48] from returning to their homes. How was this scene, in addition
[00:14:51] to the series of military checkpoints that tighten the grip and
[00:14:55] siege on the Holy City? My dear
[00:14:57] brother, Israel uses several tools to create an environment
[00:15:01] that expels Jerusalemite citizens, whether inside the city of Jerusalem or even in
[00:15:05] the suburbs of Jerusalem, in order to expel these
[00:15:08] residents and these Arabs from their places of residence and implement
[00:15:12] a series of settlement projects that are no longer
[00:15:16] confined only to inside the wall but even in Anata, in
[00:15:19] Hizme, in Al-Ram, in Qalandiya, in Kafr Aqab, in Al-Azariya, and in
[00:15:23] Abu Dis. Therefore, the entire
[00:15:25] Jerusalem Governorate, whether the city or its suburbs, is targeted
[00:15:29] by settlement projects. And when Israel
[00:15:31] closes these checkpoints, as I told you, more than 80 occupation checkpoints, it
[00:15:35] creates an environment that is not only expelling but also, I mean, an environment
[00:15:39] unsuitable for movement, unsuitable for living, unsuitable for social
[00:15:42] interaction. Do you know that some families cannot communicate
[00:15:46] with their brother or sister or uncle inside the apartheid
[00:15:50] wall because he cannot go to the checkpoint and wait four hours
[00:15:54] and five hours at the occupation checkpoint? Even our family
[00:15:57] relationships and our social relationships have been destroyed
[00:16:02] the checkpoints. Today, I reached the Jaba checkpoint at 2:30 PM,
[00:16:05] Hassan. And I remained there until now. I'm still at the checkpoint. I ask a young man next to me in the car, "How long have you been at the checkpoint?" He said, "I've been here since
[00:16:09] 11 AM." That means eight hours or more than eight hours inside
[00:16:13] his car at the Jaba occupation checkpoint. And there are tens of
[00:16:17] thousands of Jerusalemite citizens
[00:16:20] university students, and school students. I mean, can you
[00:16:24] imagine when an elderly man or an elderly woman or
[00:16:28] a child sits for eight hours in his car, how does he want to relieve
[00:16:31] himself? How does he want to eat? How does he want to drink? How does he want to live his life
[00:16:35] when he is imprisoned inside a car for eight or nine hours?
[00:16:38] And we were informed a little while ago that these checkpoints may
[00:16:42] remain closed until tomorrow evening, which is the end of what is called the
[00:16:45] Day of Atonement. Yes.
[00:16:49] Well, Mr. Al-Rifai, honestly, these
[00:16:52] measures are part of the policy of collective
[00:16:55] punishment pursued by Israel against its people
[00:16:58] and our people, meaning that Israel celebrates
[00:17:02] what is called the Day of Atonement, and we pay the price with this
[00:17:06] closure. Many spent
[00:17:09] long hours at military checkpoints, stranded, unable
[00:17:12] to return to their homes or even find transportation
[00:17:16] to take them from one city to
[00:17:19] to Jerusalem, which today was, I mean, at military checkpoints
[00:17:23] in a truly chilling sight:
[00:17:27] vehicles stopped on the side of the road, not allowed to pass or
[00:17:31] enter or even return to another place or from where
[00:17:34] they came. I mean, my brother Hassan,
[00:17:38] unfortunately, I want to say with bitterness that we in the city of Jerusalem
[00:17:42] have started to feel as if we are alone, of course, all of us as Palestinian people,
[00:17:45] but now I am talking about us as Jerusalemites. I mean,
[00:17:49] it is as if the issue of Jerusalem is only for Palestinians and it
[00:17:53] only concerns Jerusalemites. Actually, if it weren't for
[00:17:57] the failure of the international community, and if it weren't for the American President Trump's recognition in
[00:18:00] 2017 of Jerusalem as the united capital of the occupation and the relocation of his country's embassy
[00:18:04] to East Jerusalem, and if it weren't for the abandonment by the Arab and Islamic
[00:18:08] nation, we would not have reached what we have reached today. I mean, today
[00:18:11] when we say that the city of Jerusalem is being Judaized and Israelized,
[00:18:14] and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is being desecrated and gradually
[00:18:18] stepped on, today they took the cemeteries and they took the Bab al-Rahma prayer hall. Today
[00:18:21] we are prevented from reaching east of the Dome of the Rock Mosque,
[00:18:25] and tomorrow they will open the Dome of the Rock. Do you know
[00:18:28] that they are now repeating that the Al-Aqsa Mosque
[00:18:32] is only the Qibli Mosque or the men's prayer hall,
[00:18:35] and the rest of this area should be for Jews? Do you know that
[00:18:39] there is, I mean, a project submitted to the Knesset to
[00:18:42] allocate the Qibli Mosque only for Muslims and the remaining 144
[00:18:46] square meters for Jews, which is a project to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque?
[00:18:49] So, I mean, until when will this silence and this
[00:18:53] inaction from our Arab and Muslim brothers and sisters continue, while they see
[00:18:56] their first Qibla and the third mosque in Islam
[00:19:00] being desecrated in this way, and no one moves a finger? It is true
[00:19:03] that we, as Jerusalemites, I mean, we have agreed to be
[00:19:07] the hand for these holy sites and guardians for these holy sites
[00:19:10] and steadfast and clinging to our presence in our land, but
[00:19:14] also, I mean, as it is said, patience has
[00:19:17] limits, and there are ethical, national, and religious duties on
[00:19:21] our Arab and Islamic nation to stand with Muslims
[00:19:24] and to stand with our Christian brothers and sisters in the city of Jerusalem
[00:19:28] in order to stop such crimes and such violations. These holidays,
[00:19:31] my brother Hassan, will continue until the first week of October,
[00:19:34] and the roads are closed, and the shops are closed,
[00:19:38] and the restrictions are closed on us, on our schools, on our children, on our families,
[00:19:41] and on our social relationships, and on all aspects of our lives. Until when
[00:19:45] will this continue? And unfortunately, these Hebrew holidays never end.
[00:19:48] Every day we hear of a new holiday, and every day we hear of a new
[00:19:52] Hebrew occasion, and every day there is a new celebration. So until when will
[00:19:56] Jerusalem remain captive to these holidays and captive to these occasions and
[00:19:59] these celebrations? Thank you, thank you very much, Mr. Maarouf
[00:20:03] Al-Rifai, Media Advisor in the Governorate of Jerusalem. Thank
[00:20:06] you very much for this participation. Also, in light of the continued
[00:20:10] occupation authorities' measures and practices, they continue, in
[00:20:14] the heart of Hebron, to close the Ibrahimi Mosque to
[00:20:17] citizens, under the pretext of what is called the Jewish holidays
[00:20:21] or the Day of Atonement, coinciding with the escalation of settler
[00:20:24] attacks in Masafer Yatta
[00:20:28] in this report.
[00:20:30] In the heart of the city of Hebron, the occupation closes the Ibrahimi
[00:20:34] Mosque to Palestinian citizens
[00:20:37] during Jewish holidays, where worshipers
[00:20:41] reaching the mosque and performing prayers in it. In
[00:20:45] contrast, the way is opened for settlers to storm
[00:20:48] it completely, desecrate its holy sites,
[00:20:52] and hold noisy parties in it that are inconsistent
[00:20:56] with its religious sanctity. I mean, today
[00:20:58] we are living in a difficult and painful reality with the closure of
[00:21:02] the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslims
[00:21:04] and worshipers, while it is opened with all
[00:21:07] its corridors, courtyards, and sections to the occupation
[00:21:11] and to settlers and hordes
[00:21:15] of settlers. In the areas east of Yatta
[00:21:17] and its Masafer, settler
[00:21:20] attacks on citizens and their property continue.
[00:21:23] The area witnessed a new attack on one
[00:21:27] of the citizens after settlers sprayed pepper spray
[00:21:30] in his face, which resulted
[00:21:34] to the face. Attacks are repeated against
[00:21:37] citizens and affect individuals and property
[00:21:40] and livelihoods under the protection of occupation
[00:21:42] forces, which exacerbates the suffering of the residents
[00:21:46] and pushes them to face increasingly difficult
[00:21:50] security and living conditions. Settlers
[00:21:53] around the clock practice
[00:21:56] terrorism because they are actually
[00:22:00] terrorist groups and gangs assigned to this work
[00:22:03] under the protection of the occupation army. Yesterday,
[00:22:07] in these areas, and also all
[00:22:11] areas of Hebron Governorate are targeted by a criminal
[00:22:15] attack, but steadfastness, resilience, and citizenship are
[00:22:18] the real response to everything that the occupation does. Between
[00:22:22] the closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque and the continuous attacks in
[00:22:26] Masafer Yatta and other areas of the governorate, the measures
[00:22:29] affecting citizens
[00:22:33] from restricting freedom of worship residents
[00:22:37] and their property, which places the people
[00:22:41] of the governorate in front of continuous violations in the absence
[00:22:44] of any measures to prevent their recurrence, while
[00:22:47] citizens continue to cling to their land and holy sites
[00:22:51] and livelihoods, despite the restrictions and attacks
[00:22:56] Hebron, Mahmoud Farash, Palestine
[00:23:00] TV. Welcome back to "After the Event,"
[00:23:04] dear viewers, as we continue to follow the series of field developments
[00:23:07] and the escalation of these measures by settlers
[00:23:11] and the continuous incursions
[00:23:14] into the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque
[00:23:18] Hebron, and also the release of settlers by the occupation
[00:23:21] authorities throughout our Palestinian land in
[00:23:24] systematic sabotage and destruction in
[00:23:27] the context of an Israeli organized plan
[00:23:31] in the context of the collective punishment policy pursued by
[00:23:34] the occupation state. On this topic, I welcome our guest in the studio, Dr.
[00:23:38] Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Advisor to the President. Welcome, Doctor. God bless you and good
[00:23:42] evening to you. God bless you. Welcome, Doctor Mahmoud Al-Habbash.
[00:23:45] You are, of course, following these continuous and escalating
[00:23:50] aggression, targeting the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. An incursion is taking place
[00:23:54] with the presence of the Prime Minister of the occupation state, and also the so-called
[00:23:57] National Security Minister, Ben-Gvir, and extremist Jewish groups
[00:24:01] performing various rituals, as if Israel is trying to convey
[00:24:05] a message in one way or another that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is in the grip
[00:24:15] only to conveying a message or delivering a message.
[00:24:19] Indeed. However, it is clear that
[00:24:22] there is a deliberate, systematic
[00:24:27] to impose a new reality in Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa
[00:24:31] Mosque. There is a legal and historical
[00:24:34] status quo that has prevailed in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque
[00:24:40] This status
[00:24:43] states and stipulates that the responsibility for
[00:24:46] managing the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and Islamic endowments,
[00:24:50] including the Western Wall, which
[00:24:53] they falsely and slanderously call the Wailing Wall,
[00:24:57] all of this administration is exclusively
[00:25:00] and solely the responsibility This matter
[00:25:03] has been respected by everyone since the Ottoman
[00:25:07] era, through the British Mandate.
[00:25:10] Yes. Even under
[00:25:13] Israeli occupation, even when the occupation took
[00:25:19] legal and historical status was respected
[00:25:21] and prevailed until 2000,
[00:25:25] when then Israeli Prime Minister Sharon
[00:25:28] stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque and committed a massacre in the courtyards
[00:25:32] of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. They began to talk
[00:25:35] and plan to repeat
[00:25:38] the scenario of the Ibrahimi
[00:25:41] the Ibrahimi Mosque, the existing legal situation was
[00:25:44] that the responsibility was absolute
[00:25:48] for the Waqf, even under occupation. Yes,
[00:25:52] gradually, and especially after
[00:25:55] the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre
[00:25:58] in 1994, a division operation was carried out that changed
[00:26:03] state and imposed a new reality. There became
[00:26:07] absolute control by the occupation over
[00:26:09] more than half of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and now they are expanding
[00:26:13] control gradually over
[00:26:17] the entire vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque and even extending
[00:26:19] to the section that was left
[00:26:23] for Muslims. Now they
[00:26:26] situation in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. Yes, gradually
[00:26:30] and incrementally in the prevailing
[00:26:33] situation previously or in the existing situation previously,
[00:26:37] the responsibility for admitting non-Muslim visitors
[00:26:41] rested with the Islamic Endowments. The Islamic Endowments
[00:26:44] are the ones who regulate the entry of non- Muslims at specific
[00:26:49] not affect worship
[00:26:52] and that affects the exclusive right of Muslims in the Al-Aqsa
[00:26:55] Mosque. After 2000, the occupation authorities changed
[00:26:59] that. They closed the Mughrabi Gate completely. They
[00:27:06] Muslims are not allowed to enter from this gate
[00:27:09] at all. Previously, we used to We enter through Bab al-Magharib normally.
[00:27:13] It is true that the occupation exists and controls the
[00:27:16] area, but Muslims used to enter
[00:27:20] Al-Aqsa Mosque through Bab al-Magharib, and they
[00:27:23] used to go to or pray at
[00:27:26] the Western Wall and the Western Wall Plaza,
[00:27:30] because the Western Wall and the Western Wall Plaza are Islamic endowments. We are not
[00:27:34] inventing something. These are Islamic endowments, so much so that
[00:27:37] the League of Nations in 1930,
[00:27:40] after any uprising of the Western Wall
[00:27:44] that preceded that, recognized that the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque,
[00:27:48] and all the plazas, including the Western Wall Plaza, are a pure Islamic endowment
[00:27:51] and an absolute responsibility of the Islamic endowments.
[00:27:55] Therefore, the truth that prevails now and that
[00:28:00] Jerusalem is that there is a systematic Israeli plan
[00:28:03] programmed to change the existing situation to impose a new
[00:28:06] reality through which the occupying state controls
[00:28:10] permanently. Yes, and they impose this matter by force
[00:28:15] the Ibrahimi Mosque. Now they control who enters and who does not
[00:28:18] enter. Now they allow the entry
[00:28:21] and desecration of the mosque through these
[00:28:24] extremist terrorists. I mean, Ben-Gvir,
[00:28:27] when he entered the mosque, I imagine the mosque
[00:28:31] now, where he stepped, needs washing, it needs purification.
[00:28:37] permissible in our Islamic law to
[00:28:41] allow the performance
[00:28:44] of worship rituals against
[00:28:48] Muslims in Muslim places, even if
[00:28:51] they are of another religion. Yes, well, doctor, what you mentioned today,
[00:28:54] everyone witnessed these images of what is called the epic prostration, which is
[00:28:58] prostrating on the ground. Frankly, these images are broadcast to all parts of the world.
[00:29:01] Frankly, it is true that the Palestinian stands in the
[00:29:04] advanced trench defending Al-Aqsa Mosque, and God has bestowed this
[00:29:08] distinction upon him. But frankly, it is not only a Palestinian
[00:29:11] responsibility, and it is not only the responsibility of this Palestinian
[00:29:15] who stands around the clock. What we saw today is that there is a policy of collective
[00:29:18] punishment. A citizen needed seven or eight hours to
[00:29:22] move from another governorate and did not arrive due to the tightening
[00:29:25] of checkpoints as part of a dangerous and systematic policy of collective punishment
[00:29:28] for everything. Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem
[00:29:33] are an integral part of the creed of two billion
[00:29:36] Muslims on the face of the earth.
[00:29:39] Part of the creed, part of the religion. This is not just a
[00:29:42] place of worship. It has a political nature or a national
[00:29:46] or historical nature only. This is part of
[00:29:49] the creed, part of the religion. It is part of a
[00:29:52] verse of the Quran, from the verses of the Quran: "Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from
[00:29:56] the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque." If
[00:30:00] anyone can erase
[00:30:03] this verse at the beginning of Surah Al-Isra, then they can
[00:30:06] erase Al-Aqsa Mosque from the minds and consciences
[00:30:10] of Muslims. It is part of the creed of two billion
[00:30:13] Muslims and not only for Palestinians. Yes, we are honored
[00:30:17] and proud that we are in the first
[00:30:20] trench defending Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[00:30:24] We suffer hardships, we suffer difficulties,
[00:30:27] we suffer, we are killed, imprisoned, expelled,
[00:30:31] besieged. Our homes
[00:30:34] are violated,
[00:30:36] our money is withheld, our resources are stolen,
[00:30:40] but we are always held
[00:30:44] high. We are always held high because
[00:30:47] we are in the first trench of confrontation,
[00:30:50] defending the first of the two Qiblas, the second
[00:30:54] of the two Mosques, and the third of the two Holy Sanctuaries, defending the place of the Prophet's
[00:30:57] ascension, may God bless him and grant him peace. This is an honor beyond
[00:31:01] honor for us. We
[00:31:04] will not abandon this responsibility, but at the same time,
[00:31:08] it is our duty and our right, yes, to
[00:31:12] remind Muslims in all parts of the world, in the
[00:31:16] East and West, rulers
[00:31:18] and ruled, peoples and states,
[00:31:22] to always remind them of their responsibilities
[00:31:26] with us
[00:31:28] blessed mosque, which is part of the Holy Quran
[00:31:31] and part of
[00:31:34] not fall only on the shoulders of Palestinians, but all
[00:31:38] Muslims everywhere in the world are responsible.
[00:31:42] And I direct a call from here to all
[00:31:45] our Muslim brothers and sisters all over the world.
[00:31:47] Yes, the honor of Ribat in the
[00:31:51] first of the two Qiblas, the second of the two Mosques, and the third of the two Holy Sanctuaries
[00:31:57] Al-Aqsa Mosque. An honor
[00:32:00] that we invite you to attain. We invite you to share this
[00:32:05] honor with us and to share this duty with us and
[00:32:09] to share this responsibility. Be
[00:32:11] with us in our Ribat. Be partners, O Muslims.
[00:32:17] Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Prophet, may God bless him
[00:32:20] and grant him peace, entrusted this trust and this responsibility
[00:32:24] to all of us and in our necks when
[00:32:28] he said, when he was asked about Al-Aqsa
[00:32:31] Mosque, Maymunah bint Sa'd,
[00:32:35] his freed slave, may God be pleased with her, said,
[00:32:39] "O Messenger of God, advise us concerning Bayt al-Maqdis." He said, "The land of gathering
[00:32:43] and resurrection." Yes,
[00:32:46] and come to it. This is an imperative verb, and an imperative verb denotes
[00:32:49] obligation unless something diverts it from that. Correct.
[00:32:52] Come to it. It is obligatory upon you to come to it, to protect it, to
[00:32:56] preserve it, to maintain it, to light
[00:32:59] its lamps. This is not the duty of Palestinians only.
[00:33:02] And no one should tell me that I am not responsible, and no one should say that
[00:33:05] the circumstances are not helping. No, you are responsible, O
[00:33:09] Muslims, states and peoples, rulers
[00:33:12] and ruled. You are responsible before
[00:33:15] God to create the circumstances and to make
[00:33:19] the circumstances that help you
[00:33:21] and assist you in performing the duty of preserving
[00:33:25] and maintaining Al-Aqsa Mosque and in attaining
[00:33:28] the honor of Ribat in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Come to it and pray in it. This is
[00:33:32] the words of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. Yes, come to it. These are the words of the Messenger, may
[00:33:35] peace and blessings be upon him. Peace and blessings be upon him. She said, "O Messenger
[00:33:38] of God," Maymunah says, "O Messenger
[00:33:41] of God, I thought that if I could not reach it myself..."
[00:33:46] reach it. No one might have been able to reach it. He said, "Donate
[00:33:50] oil to light its lamps." And this is a translation
[00:33:54] of the saying of God Almighty in the Holy Quran:
[00:33:58] "Indeed, God has purchased from
[00:34:01] the believers their lives
[00:34:04] and their properties in exchange for Paradise."
[00:34:06] Ribat with life
[00:34:09] and Ribat with wealth. If
[00:34:12] the bodies do not come, then let
[00:34:16] the provisions come. Let
[00:34:18] the support come. Donate oil to light
[00:34:22] its lamps. And this is a reference to material support. Yes,
[00:34:26] now, whoever donated oil, of course,
[00:34:30] then whoever donated oil was as if he had come. This is not only
[00:34:34] the responsibility of Palestinians. This is the responsibility of the Muslim in
[00:34:37] America, and the Muslim in Indonesia and Australia,
[00:34:41] and the Arab Muslim and the non-Arab Muslim.
[00:34:47] This is a religious and sacred responsibility. We,
[00:34:51] as Palestinians, God Almighty has honored us, praise be to God,
[00:34:54] that God has chosen us
[00:34:58] honor, the honor of Ribat in Bayt al-Maqdis
[00:35:01] and the surroundings of Bayt al-Maqdis. The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace,
[00:35:05] taught Muslims and said, "Indeed, the best
[00:35:09] of your jihad is Ribat."
[00:35:12] A time is coming when the best of
[00:35:15] jihad will be Ribat, steadfastness,
[00:35:17] remaining. And the best
[00:35:20] of your Ribat is Ashkelon. Where
[00:35:24] Mars?
[00:35:26] Ashkelon is in Palestine. Yes, it is one of the gates
[00:35:29] of Jerusalem. It is a gate, it is one of the gates
[00:35:33] of Jerusalem, and the saying "Ashkelon" is
[00:35:36] a metaphor for Bayt al-Maqdis
[00:35:39] honor a Muslim
[00:35:43] must be keen on. Yes. Yes, well, keen on attaining it.
[00:35:47] Yes, this is a matter of great importance, and I have called
[00:35:50] all Muslims throughout the world
[00:35:54] to pause and reflect on what is happening in the heart of Jerusalem. Israel devotes all
[00:35:58] its resources, not only religiously or scripturally or what
[00:36:01] they call Talmudic rituals, pretexts
[00:36:04] and false excuses that have no relation to reality, but it enjoys
[00:36:08] all political support. The Prime Minister of the occupying state, Benjamin
[00:36:11] Netanyahu, also goes, and Ben-Gvir with him, and
[00:36:15] a number of settlers. Therefore, there is an attempt
[00:36:18] to give a kind of legitimacy, not only religious for them,
[00:36:22] but also political, so that Jerusalem remains present,
[00:36:24] as if he wants to establish the issue, not just for them to
[00:36:28] perform Talmudic prayers and leave. Today,
[00:36:32] I read some reports
[00:36:34] with numbers
[00:36:37] that show the extent of the
[00:36:40] unlimited and unrestricted Israeli
[00:36:45] abroad
[00:36:48] for settlement projects and for supporting settlement
[00:36:51] in Palestine, and in Jerusalem in particular,
[00:36:54] and for supporting the Judaization of Jerusalem and the Judaization of the West Bank.
[00:36:58] Frightening numbers are presented by
[00:37:01] Zionist groups
[00:37:05] the West, in Europe, in America, in Canada, in different places.
[00:37:09] One of these numbers is from
[00:37:12] a group of NGOs, societies they call
[00:37:16] charitable, not government
[00:37:17] support,
[00:37:20] from one country. 362 million
[00:37:24] dollars from the United States. Not government
[00:37:27] support, not government support. About 400 million
[00:37:31] dollars for supporting settlement groups
[00:37:35] and supporting the Judaization of Jerusalem from Europe,
[00:37:38] from Australia, Zionist groups spread all over the world. I
[00:37:42] ask in the face of this, where are we from this, frankly?
[00:37:46] One billion, one billion dollars last year, in
[00:37:49] one year, donated by Zionist groups for the Judaization
[00:37:53] of Jerusalem. I ask the nation of two billion.
[00:37:57] The Islamic nation, if each one of you
[00:38:01] donated one
[00:38:04] a year, one dollar,
[00:38:08] only one dollar, you would buy time in Jerusalem
[00:38:12] and a place in Paradise. You would buy
[00:38:15] your history, you would buy your religion, you would buy
[00:38:19] your creed. One dollar for every
[00:38:21] Muslim.
[00:38:24] How much have we given? How much has the nation given to Jerusalem?
[00:38:28] Last year, how much
[00:38:30] did it give? How much did the nation give to Jerusalem, the people of Jerusalem, and the people
[00:38:34] of Palestine, while the Palestinian employee receives half
[00:38:37] a salary. Yes, how much did it give? How much did it give?
[00:38:40] And Gaza is being destroyed
[00:38:43] and annihilated. And only
[00:38:46] a little food and a little drink. We
[00:38:49] want someone to strengthen our steadfastness.
[00:38:53] We want to transform Arab and Islamic humanitarian
[00:38:56] aid into a resistance
[00:38:59] project, into a steadfastness
[00:39:03] project, a humanitarian project to create a reality
[00:39:05] that challenges the occupation's attempts to change the legal
[00:39:08] status in Jerusalem and in Palestine in general. We want to
[00:39:14] sympathy. I understand that Muslims sympathize with us,
[00:39:17] for sure, but we want to translate it. Many people around the world
[00:39:21] sympathize with us. We want to transform this sympathy into
[00:39:25] practical action, into a real stance, and to
[00:39:28] present. Let's compete, my brother, a little.
[00:39:31] Let's compete. The Islamic
[00:39:34] the Zionist groups that donate a billion a year
[00:39:37] to support settlement and Zionist
[00:39:41] and Judaization projects.
[00:39:44] And the nation, whose population is two billion, if one
[00:39:48] of them donated one dollar, they would collect
[00:39:51] two billion, but they have not given anything but crumbs. Yes,
[00:39:54] a few crumbs, just
[00:39:57] so we can eat and drink. Eating and drinking is not the most important thing, even though
[00:40:01] the Palestinian, I mean, Dr. Mahmoud, and you are following
[00:40:04] this continuously and constantly, not only in the heart of Jerusalem,
[00:40:08] but also in all Palestinian cities, villages, towns, and refugee camps,
[00:40:11] they pay a daily price for the oppression of settlement. Today, settlers
[00:40:15] enter every place in the village, camp, and city around
[00:40:19] settlement project is
[00:40:22] funding for settlements, building settlement outposts, paving roads in all
[00:40:26] Palestinian areas. We are talking about a revolution in the world
[00:40:31] description and expression is accurate. And even before the upcoming Israeli elections,
[00:40:35] the addition of what numbered
[00:40:38] 3,400 settlement housing units was announced in what is known
[00:40:41] as E1, which separates Jerusalem from its Arab, Islamic,
[00:40:45] and Christian surroundings, and Jerusalem remains isolated, alone, far away. I
[00:40:48] ask, who funds this? From where
[00:40:51] do they get the funding? The settlement associations,
[00:40:55] the settlers
[00:40:57] who are rampant in the mountains, in the valleys, in the
[00:41:00] plains, and in the fields, who are rampant throughout the West Bank
[00:41:04] in its length and breadth. Yes, daily. Who
[00:41:07] funds them? Who provokes them? I mean, it is supposed to be
[00:41:10] their state, Israel, that employs them, the government
[00:41:14] of the occupation and the Zionist settlement groups
[00:41:17] associated with it. So there is funding without a doubt. Of course, where
[00:41:20] is the Islamic funding to protect
[00:41:22] Palestine?
[00:41:25] Sir, do not give us anything. Come
[00:41:28] and spend yourselves. Come,
[00:41:31] come
[00:41:34] and yourselves fund
[00:41:37] projects to protect Palestine and projects to establish the citizen in his land and to establish
[00:41:41] the citizen in his land. Our strategy, my brother
[00:41:45] Hassan, today the Palestinian leadership understands
[00:41:48] the balance of power very well, and away from enthusiasm
[00:41:52] and emotional talk,
[00:41:55] we understand
[00:41:59] the nature of this conflict and the nature of this confrontation, and we understand that the cornerstone
[00:42:02] in thwarting the Zionist project, yes,
[00:42:06] is the Palestinian human being.
[00:42:09] It is the human being who remains rooted in his land.
[00:42:12] As long as the Palestinians remain, no usurper
[00:42:16] or occupier will be established in Palestine.
[00:42:20] So the strategic option
[00:42:24] and strategic project for us is to remain,
[00:42:29] the Palestinian human being in his land, in his home, in his farm, in
[00:42:32] his school, in his factory, in his workshop, to
[00:42:36] preserve the existence of Muslims
[00:42:40] and Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Ibrahimi
[00:42:44] Mosque, in the Church
[00:42:46] fields, in the olive
[00:42:48] groves, to preserve the existence
[00:42:51] of human beings. Without the Palestinian human being, Palestine
[00:42:55] will be lost. The one who protected the Palestinian
[00:42:58] presence.