” The term ‘war’ will not be erased from the lexicon..as long asJerusalem is occupied”said PA Minister of Religious Affairs in sermonin presence of PA Chairman Abbashttp://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=2964by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Speaking about Jerusalem, and with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the audience, PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash in his Friday sermon threatened that “Jerusalem can ignite a thousand and one wars” and that unless Jerusalem “returns” to the Palestinians, “its owners,” and unless it becomes the capital of the Palestinian people, “there is no peace.”

The Minister also warned that “If Jerusalem is dishonored, if Jerusalem is disgraced, if [Jerusalem] is lost, it may leave the door open to all possibilities of struggle, all possibilities of war. The term ‘war’ cannot be erased from the lexicon of this region as long as Jerusalem is occupied…”

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was present in the audience while Habbash made these statements.

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The following is the excerpt from the Friday sermon from the mosque at Mahmoud Abbas’s office in Ramallah and broadcast on PA TV:

Speaker: Mahmoud Al-Habbash, PA Minister of Religious Affairs, and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is in the audience.