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| Al-Aqsa imam detained on suspicion of incitement, terror support for Haniyeh eulogy |
| 2024-08-03 |
| [IsraelTimes] Interior minister says will revoke residency permit of former grand mufti of Jerusalem with history of antisemitism, past accusations of terror incitement Police detained Al-Aqsa preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri on suspicion of incitement and supporting terrorism after he delivered a eulogy for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during Friday prayers. In his sermon, the former grand mufti of Jerusalem mourned “the martyr” Haniyeh, saying: “We ask Allah to have mercy on him and place him in paradise.” Footage on social media showed audience members chanting “Allah is great” and “with blood we shall redeem the martyr” during the imam’s sermon. The police said it had begun investigating an “imam suspected of making inciting statements and supporting terrorism during a sermon given today at the midday prayer on the Temple Mount.” Upon securing the state prosecutor’s approval for the probe, officers took Sabri from his East Jerusalem home for questioning at the Jerusalem District Central Investigations Unit, police said. The statement added that another person was detained on the Temple Mount for “shouts of incitement” during the service. Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s Doha-based political bureau, was killed in Tehran on Wednesday. Israel has not officially commented on the assassination of Haniyeh, but Iran, which hosted Haniyeh for the inauguration of its new president, has vowed to exact revenge on Israel. Interior Minister Moshe Arbel wrote to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to inform her he would revoke Sabri’s permanent residency permit. Sabri, 85, does not hold Israeli citizenship. He lives in East Jerusalem, whose Palestinian residents hold Israeli residency permits that are relatively easy for the interior minister to revoke. “Sabri holds a permit to reside permanently in Israel, which for many years now has not stopped him from inciting against the state, promoting antisemitism and terrorism and committing serious security crimes,” wrote Arbel, accusing the sheikh of publishing antisemitic literature, serving as a conduit for Hamas funds, and supporting terrorist acts. The police have investigated Sabri for incitement before. In June, he was charged with inciting terrorism for comments he made that allegedly supported an attacker who shot at guards in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, killing a soldier, in October 2022. The imam is also accused of praising a second attacker who killed three Israelis and wounded six others in an April 2022 shooting in Tel Aviv. Sabri was appointed mufti of Jerusalem by late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1994. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas removed him from the post in 2006. He currently heads Jerusalem’s Supreme Muslim Council. In writings and interviews, Sabri has cast doubt on the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust and advocated studying the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an antisemitic tract from the early 20th century. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound sits on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. The flashpoint site is considered the third holiest in Islam and the holiest in Judaism. Related: Ekrima Sabri 06/28/2024 Al-Aqsa imam indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism Ekrima Sabri 01/25/2023 Israel allows Palestinian cleric probed for incitement to fly to Morocco Ekrima Sabri 03/11/2021 Israel arrests Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 "Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s Doha-based political bureau, was killed in Tehran on Wednesday."It is requested that once President Trump returns to power the USA close its military base in Qatar, place the al-Thani family on the DOT hit list, sanction the Clinton and Brookings operations in Qatar, and generally isolate the country. Reduce the diplomatic presence in the country. In the USA put the international Muslim Brotherhood and affiliates on the DOTreasury sanctions list. It should have been done long ago and actions will win many friends in the ME and USA in doing so. |
| Posted by: IS 2024-08-03 09:08 |