The leader in Hamas Movement Abdul Rahman Shadid strongly condemned in a statement issued Friday the Israeli decision to ban Friday prayer at al-Aqsa Mosque and called for defying it.
Shadid called on Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem to refuse the Israeli decision and to intensify their presence in al-Aqsa.
He also called on Jordan and Turkey to act urgently to stop Israel’s illegal measures against the third holiest site in Islam.
On the other hand he hailed the heroic anti-occupation attack in al-Aqsa early today saying that “Palestinian resistance proves its total readiness to counter any Israeli escalation at any time and at any place.”
Today’s shooting attack against Israeli police forces comes in response to the Israeli government’s earlier decision to allow Israeli politicians’ access to al-Aqsa Shadid underlined.
