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Former mufti of Jerusalem: Jews have no claims to Western Wall
By: Stan Goodenough   
Published: October 25, 2007   
 
The former PLO-appointed mufti of Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, told the Post no Israelite temple had ever stood on the Temple Mount.

"The wall is not part of the Jewish temple. It is just the western wall of the mosque. There is not a single stone with any relation at all to the history of the Hebrews.

"It was always only a mosque - all 144 dunams, the entire area," Sabri said.

"No Jews have the right to pray there. No Jewish prayer. If the Jews want real peace, they must not do anything to try to pray on Al-Aqsa. Everyone knows that," he added.

This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Newswire
 
 
 

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