Intifada called For Mosque

[Christina]

SALAH CALLS FOR INTIFADA TO DEFEND AL-AQSA MOSQUEFebruary 16, 2007Ha’aretz reports: “The head of the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement on Friday called for an ‘intifada’ to save the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israel Radio reported.In a fiery speech at his protest tent in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, Sheikh Raed Salah accused Israel of attempting to build the Temple on the Temple Mount while drenched in Arab blood, according to the report.‘Israeli history is drenched in blood,’ Israel Radio quoted Salah as saying. ‘They want to build their Temple while our blood is on their clothing, on their doorposts, in their food and in their water.’On Thursday, Salah dismissed a court ruling to extend by another month the order to keep him 150 meters away from the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem because he is accused of organizing demonstrations against Israeli renovations near the Temple Mount, spitting at police officers and calling them murderers, occupiers and cowards.‘They have no right to make decisions on anything connected to the Al-Aqsa Mosque,’ he said. ‘I emphasize that I will enter the mosque at any time I think is right.’…”