Israel’s internal intelligence service on Tuesday handed Sheikh Ekrima Sabri head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied Jerusalem an order banning his travel abroad for six months.
According to Arab48 website the travel ban against Sheikh Sabri was issued by the Israeli minister of interior Aryeh Deri.
The order did not clarify the reason behind the travel ban against him.
Sheikh Sabri received the order after he slammed Israel’s escalating violations against the Palestinians in Jerusalem especially the daily police violence against many Palestinians in and around the Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy month of Ramadan.
In this regard Sheikh Ekrima condemned the Israeli decision as “punitive.”
“[Such decision] will not weaken our fortitude and resolve. Our positions are unshakable and faithful because we are the rightful owners of our land” he said.
Sheikh Sabri who is also a noted Aqsa preacher is exposed to systematic persecution by the Israeli occupation authority. He has been arrested interrogated and banned from entering the Aqsa Mosque and traveling to other countries several times before.
