Private The Director of the Al-Quds International Center, Hassan Khater, talks to Safa Agency about the targeting of preachers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and limiting its message: Targeting the preachers of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, expelling them and preventing them from preaching is a blatant interference with the message of the mosque, which was one of the most important and daring platforms in the world for discussing reality. The restrictions on preachers and imams have continued since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, but recently they have escalated significantly. The occupation is no longer aimed only at the geography of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its religious status, but rather at the message and its contents and seeks to change them according to its interests. Anyone who crosses the line that the occupation wants to impose is likely to be arrested or prevented from preaching or entering the mosque, including Sheikh Ikrima Zabri. The Al-Aqsa Mosque, without a pulpit and darshan that expresses the pulse of the street and events, loses its true message and becomes a purely historical and urban landmark of a religious nature. The message of the mosque, the freedom to convey it and the courage of the preachers in dealing with what is happening against al-Aqsa, Jerusalem and the Palestinian people represent its true identity and spirit. The occupation uses arrest, siege, deportation and intimidation to rein in preachers and prevent what it describes as "incitement," which Khattar says is the correct Islamic stance in dealing with his crimes. The occupation empties the Islamic endowments department in Jerusalem of its mission and seeks to turn it into an official administration of mosque affairs without powers or abilities. The dominance of the occupation includes the prevention of repairs and the removal of the waste and dust that accumulated in the eastern courtyard of the mosque in front of the Dome of the Rock. The occupation police control all matters of the mosque, including its entrances, entrance and exit, opening and closing of doors and its facilities. The voice of the official and unofficial world of Islam has become muffled and weak and does not rise to the level of what is happening in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa, which encourages the occupation to escalate its attacks. The continuation of this situation may push things in the direction the occupation wants at the expense of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its identity.

Private The Director of the Al-Quds International Center, Hassan Khater, talks to Safa Agency about the targeting of preachers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and limiting its message: Targeting the preachers of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, expelling them and preventing them from preaching is a blatant interference with the message of the mosque, which was one of the most important and daring platforms in the world for discussing reality. The restrictions on preachers and imams have continued since the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, but recently they have escalated significantly. The occupation is no longer aimed only at the geography of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its religious status, but rather at the message and its contents and seeks to change them according to its interests. Anyone who crosses the line that the occupation wants to impose is likely to be arrested or prevented from preaching or entering the mosque, including Sheikh Ikrima Zabri. The Al-Aqsa Mosque, without a pulpit and darshan that expresses the pulse of the street and events, loses its true message and becomes a purely historical and urban landmark of a religious nature. The message of the mosque, the freedom to convey it and the courage of the preachers in dealing with what is happening against al-Aqsa, Jerusalem and the Palestinian people represent its true identity and spirit. The occupation uses arrest, siege, deportation and intimidation to rein in preachers and prevent what it describes as "incitement," which Khattar says is the correct Islamic stance in dealing with his crimes. The occupation empties the Islamic endowments department in Jerusalem of its mission and seeks to turn it into an official administration of mosque affairs without powers or abilities. The dominance of the occupation includes the prevention of repairs and the removal of the waste and dust that accumulated in the eastern courtyard of the mosque in front of the Dome of the Rock. The occupation police control all matters of the mosque, including its entrances, entrance and exit, opening and closing of doors and its facilities. The voice of the official and unofficial world of Islam has become muffled and weak and does not rise to the level of what is happening in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa, which encourages the occupation to escalate its attacks. The continuation of this situation may push things in the direction the occupation wants at the expense of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its identity.