The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) warned against “the consequences of the occupation government and settlers taking any action that would harm the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque,” calling for “traveling” to it and “intensifying the presence in its courtyards and confronting the Zionist plans against it.”
In a statement issued on Friday, Hamas said, “The Israeli incitement campaigns… The actions organized by the so-called Zionist Temple groups and organizations against Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection and supervision of the extremist Zionist Israeli government are a dangerous escalation step.
Hamas’ statement warned that the campaign “comes within the Zionist plans aimed at Judaizing Al-Aqsa, obliterating its landmarks, and extending the dominance of fascist settlers over it.”
Hamas warned against “the consequences of the occupation government and its settlers taking any action that would harm the mosque and its Arab and Islamic identity,” stressing that Al-Aqsa “is the title of the struggle of our people and our Arab and Islamic nations with this occupier.”
The movement called on Arab and Islamic countries, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to “fulfill their duties towards the dangers facing Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the comprehensive genocide facing the people of Gaza, and to work to deter the occupation and stop the aggression.”
Hamas’ statement comes in response to the publication by the extremist Israeli organization “Temple Mount Activists” of a video recording showing the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock Mosque, accompanied by the comment “soon in these days.”
The far-right Israeli organization calls for “establishing the Temple in place of Al-Aqsa Mosque” and actively calls for extremists to storm the mosque’s courtyards.
Every now and then, ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, especially National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite Islamic, Arab and international criticism.
Last August, Ben-Gvir called for Jews to be allowed to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque and to build a synagogue in its courtyards. Recent weeks have seen a significant increase in Israeli extremists performing Talmudic prayers, rituals, dancing and singing at the mosque.
