Sheikh Raid Salah, Head of Islamic Movement in Israel:
“'Jewish groups’ plans to eliminate the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to build the Temple in its place reached advanced stages and some of them are being implemented now, such as the continuation of the excavations on the foundations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque…also, the show of hostility against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in a continuous way such as burning the [Al-Aqsa mosque] gate.”
“'Jewish groups’ plans to eliminate the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to build the Temple in its place reached advanced stages and some of them are being implemented now, such as the continuation of the excavations on the foundations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque…also, the show of hostility against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in a continuous way such as burning the [Al-Aqsa mosque] gate.”