Summary
The Jerusalem mosque compound whose asserted Israeli sovereignty, in Toufic Haddad’s Chapter 21 of From the River to the Sea, is a front in the religious right’s demographic, territorial and spiritual battle across historic Palestine (From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, lines 1629-1633).
Details
- National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givr [spelled “Ben-Givr” at line 1631, “Ben-Gvir” in the following question at line 1635] had twice been to Al-Aqsa, brazenly asserting Israeli sovereignty over it, an affront to Palestinians and to 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide (line 1631).
- Hundreds of settlers are coming to Al-Aqsa daily, trying to create security incidents that can be used to justify partition of the mosque compound; Likud ministers have already put partition of the compound on their agenda (line 1631).
- The May 2021 Jerusalem uprising that led to the Unity Intifada general strike spread from Sheikh Jarrah to the Old City, Al Aqsa and then Gaza (line 1643).
Related pages
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, Toufic Haddad, Unity Intifada