Gaza City – Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers are calling on Palestinians to attack Israeli forces in Jerusalem after a sacred site was closed following a deadly assault there.
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Hamas described the closure of the site — known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount — in a statement Saturday as a “religious war” and Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called on the Palestinian “uprising” to target the Israeli army and West Bank settlers.
Israel made the rare move after three Palestinian assailants opened fire there Friday, killing two Israeli police officers before being shot dead. The attackers were devout Muslim citizens of Israel.
The Muslim-administered site is revered by both Muslims and Jews. Israel says it won’t reopen before Sunday.
Hamas has staged a rally celebrating the attack.
Even in the site Islam considers to be one of the holiest they choose to resort to bloodshed. So very sad . Islam is a hateful religion .
This AP article can’t even keep it’s lies straight.
It refers to the assailants as Palestinians. They were not Palestinians. They were Israeli citizens, now Israeli traitors, actually they are now dead traitors. The fact that they were Muslim and Arab Israeli citizens means that they had representation in Kenesset, health care, job protections, members of their ethno-religious group are doctors, lawyers and judges. So this is not about oppression, lack of opportunity or not being allowed to live in Israel.
Then the article refers to them as “devout Muslims”.
Why are the muslims devout if they kill Jews, beat their wives, abuse and kill their children, and call for world domination?
I suppose by the AP logic a non-violent Muslim would be a non-believer.
I wish the world would realize how evil the arabs are, they killed two soldiers who happen to be of their ilk & they still celebrate. However, because we don’t want to be attacked, we close down the location where it occurred & they are calling for a holy war! Then again the world will never realize what is so obvious that the musl8m nation preaches murder. Therefore we need to take back every inch of our country especially the Temple Mount throw the arabs out of country & damn the world that’s anyways always against us
What can you expect from a people whose greatest contribution to society is the suicide bomb!