NABLUS â Around 5,000 Palestinian students demonstrated in the West Bank town of Nablus yesterday, vowing to keep Jews out of Jerusalemâs Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which is the third holiest site in Islam. At the demonstration, which was organized at Nablusâ Al-Najar University by the Hamas resistance movement, students warned the Israeli government not to allow Jews to enter the mosque compound.
| "'Cuz they're ucky, and we don't want God to get grossed out..." |
The rally comes 10 days after an Israeli minister promised Jews would soon be allowed to pray at Jerusalemâs mosque compound even without the agreement of its Muslim guardians. âWe are ready to prevent the Jews from entering Al-Aqsa. We are all ready to be martyrs in order to defend it,â the students shouted.
| "It's ours, and you can't have it! We don't have to share!" |
At the demonstration, they blew up a four-meter long wooden replica of a bus, and a model of a Land Rover.
| Since that's all they know how to do... |
Speaking to the crowds, Ahmed Haj Ali, one of the local political leaders of Hamas, slammed the Mideast road map for peace which was grudgingly approved by Israel on Sunday. âThe road map is a trick. The only map that will lead us to victory is jihad,â he said, using the Arabic term for holy war.
| "So get out there and explode!" |
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