OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi the chief Islamic judge in Palestine is to stand trial at an Israeli court on Sunday for entering the Aqsa Mosque without permit.
The IOA last month tabled an indictment list against Tamimi on charges of incitement and prevented his entry into occupied Jerusalem to pray in the Aqsa Mosque without prior permit.
The Sheikh in a statement described his trial as “political” and “null and void” for lack of legal grounds and added that the Israeli court had no jurisdiction over the affairs of the Aqsa Mosque or the occupied city of Jerusalem according to the international laws.
He said that Jerusalem is an occupied Palestinian city similar to other cities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with no jurisdiction of Israeli laws over them.
“No power on earth can prevent me from praying at the Aqsa Mosque” he affirmed adding that he had a right to enter Jerusalem and to pray and lecture at the Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli step came only days after the IOA’s decision to level similar charges against Sheikh Raed Salah the leader of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands.
The IOA started destruction works at the Magharba gate one of the historical gates of the Aqsa Mosque ten days ago at the pretext of renovating a bridge while in fact it was destroying historical sites and facilitating entry of Jewish fanatics and even armored vehicles into the holy compound.
