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Sit-in for Al Aqsa on East Jerusalem rooftop, Israeli administration harassing home owner and Sheikh
(Jerusalem) Maisa Abu Ghazaleh
Thursday, 22 March 2007
Although the Israeli administration has arrested Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, taken him to court, put him in jail, banned him from praying in Al Aqsa Mosque and banned him from the city of Jerusalem, he still has not given up the nonviolent resistance against threats to the Muslim holy site. And now he has taken it to the rooftops.
The head of the Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, is conducting a sit-in on the roof in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem's Old City, just 150 meters from Al Aqsa Mosque.
This is the closest that nonviolent protesters can currently get since Israeli forces began excavations at Moroccans Gate. The two-story house was built 100 years ago, well before the Israelis were present, and the home-owner is now being taken through the Israeli system to prove that the staircase which provides roof access is part of his home.
At the same time, the Israeli authorities are attempting to restrict the Sheikh's legal ability to be in a crowd of more than eight people within the Jerusalem city limits for a period of a month. As one of the leaders of the campaign of nonviolent resistance against Israeli excavations at Al Aqsa Mosque, the Sheikh is generally in large groups of people since hundreds have joined the protests and sit-ins.
Israeli police and intelligence officers are harassing the home-owner, checking into permits for the entire house in an attempt to force him to license his house through them. The home-owner, who prefers to keep his name out of the press, has been stopped, interrogated and questioned. Police are stationed around his house.
He said, “We, the people of the city of Jerusalem, need help in protecting our mosque. This is the least we could do for Sheikh Ra'ed Salah and his colleagues. It is our duty to offer amenities and hospitality to the people coming from long distances and suffering great hardship in order to save Al Aqsa.”
The home-owner continued, “After the latest Israeli decision against Sheikh Ra'ed Salah I offered the roof of my house for the sit-in. This is a legal strike because it is a private house and the police cannot interfere.”
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(Jerusalem) Maisa Abu Ghazaleh
Thursday, 22 March 2007
Although the Israeli administration has arrested Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, taken him to court, put him in jail, banned him from praying in Al Aqsa Mosque and banned him from the city of Jerusalem, he still has not given up the nonviolent resistance against threats to the Muslim holy site. And now he has taken it to the rooftops.
The head of the Islamic Movement inside the Green Line, Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, is conducting a sit-in on the roof in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem's Old City, just 150 meters from Al Aqsa Mosque.
This is the closest that nonviolent protesters can currently get since Israeli forces began excavations at Moroccans Gate. The two-story house was built 100 years ago, well before the Israelis were present, and the home-owner is now being taken through the Israeli system to prove that the staircase which provides roof access is part of his home.
At the same time, the Israeli authorities are attempting to restrict the Sheikh's legal ability to be in a crowd of more than eight people within the Jerusalem city limits for a period of a month. As one of the leaders of the campaign of nonviolent resistance against Israeli excavations at Al Aqsa Mosque, the Sheikh is generally in large groups of people since hundreds have joined the protests and sit-ins.
Israeli police and intelligence officers are harassing the home-owner, checking into permits for the entire house in an attempt to force him to license his house through them. The home-owner, who prefers to keep his name out of the press, has been stopped, interrogated and questioned. Police are stationed around his house.
He said, “We, the people of the city of Jerusalem, need help in protecting our mosque. This is the least we could do for Sheikh Ra'ed Salah and his colleagues. It is our duty to offer amenities and hospitality to the people coming from long distances and suffering great hardship in order to save Al Aqsa.”
The home-owner continued, “After the latest Israeli decision against Sheikh Ra'ed Salah I offered the roof of my house for the sit-in. This is a legal strike because it is a private house and the police cannot interfere.”
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1985&Itemid=1