The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) slapped a travel ban on the deputy head of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine and prominent anti-occupation activist Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib on Thursday evening.
The ban issued by Israel’s interior minister Ayelet Shaked stipulates that Sheikh al-Khatib be prevented from travelling for one month with the possibility of having the ban renewed for six more months.
Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib slammed the decision branding it “arbitrary”.
Sheikh al-Khatib also spoke out against earlier moves by the Israeli authorities banning Islamic leaders including the head of the movement Sheikh Raed Salah from traveling overseas.
“Such moves will never deter us from serving our people religion sanctities and foremost the Al-Aqsa Mosque” he affirmed.
