Palestine warns of ‘religious war’ over Aqsa’s status


August 16, 2019
JFJFP

Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshipers in Al-Aqsa complex

Middle East Monitor reports

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) warned Thursday that calls by an Israeli government minister to change the status quo at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque would lead to a “religious war” Anadolu reports.

In a written statement released after a meeting in Ramallah, the PLO’s Executive Committee said the recent calls are “an attempt to drag the region into a religious war” and “propaganda” for the division of the mosque.

On Tuesday, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan called for changing the status of the mosque so that Jews can pray there individually or collectively in an open or closed area.  “I think there is an injustice in the status quo that has existed since 1967,” Erdan told Israeli Radio on Tuesday.

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