AhlulBayt News Agency: Father Atallah Hanna, Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church in Occupied al-Quds, has strongly denounced the Israeli incitement campaign against al-Quds citizen national and religious figures, calling it a “reflection of the size of hatred and grudge against every Muslim and Christian Palestinian defending al-Quds and its holy sites.”
In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) on Saturday, Father Hanna said that the Israeli occupation regime is mistaken if it thinks that the al-Quds citizen figures can be intimidated by its incitement and persecution campaigns.
“This campaign is not the first one and will not be the last. It will only increase our steadfastness, fortitude and our adherence to the Palestinian constants,” Father Hanna stressed.
“There is no force on this earth that can neutralize the national Jerusalemite personages and prevent them from exercising their right to defend al-Quds and its Islamic and Christian holy sites,” the Archbishop said.
“It is our right and duty to defend al-Quds, its holy sites, its identity, its history, its heritage, its uniqueness and the Islamic and Christian Palestinian presence in the city.”
The Christian cleric also expressed his solidarity with Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied al-Quds, and all the al-Quds citizen religious and national figures who are exposed to Israeli incitement and persecution.
The Israeli newspaper Maariv recently published a report inciting against Sheikh Sabri. The report included a picture of the Sheikh along with Father Hanna and Sheikh Ra’ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in 1948 occupied Palestine (Israel).
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In press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) on Saturday, Father Hanna said that the Israeli occupation regime is mistaken if it thinks that the al-Quds citizen figures can be intimidated by its incitement and persecution campaigns.
“This campaign is not the first one and will not be the last. It will only increase our steadfastness, fortitude and our adherence to the Palestinian constants,” Father Hanna stressed.
“There is no force on this earth that can neutralize the national Jerusalemite personages and prevent them from exercising their right to defend al-Quds and its Islamic and Christian holy sites,” the Archbishop said.
“It is our right and duty to defend al-Quds, its holy sites, its identity, its history, its heritage, its uniqueness and the Islamic and Christian Palestinian presence in the city.”
The Christian cleric also expressed his solidarity with Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied al-Quds, and all the al-Quds citizen religious and national figures who are exposed to Israeli incitement and persecution.
The Israeli newspaper Maariv recently published a report inciting against Sheikh Sabri. The report included a picture of the Sheikh along with Father Hanna and Sheikh Ra’ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in 1948 occupied Palestine (Israel).
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