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| Israeli Muslim Leader To Be Investigated For Incitement |
| 2007-02-22 |
| Israel on Thursday decided to open a criminal investigation against popular Israeli-Arab Muslim leader Sheikh Raed Salah after he called on local Muslims to rebel against Israel and painted his Jewish countrymen as blood-thirsty killers. Salah, who heads the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement, has been the most outspoken opponent of Israel's decision to conduct renovation work on a collapsed earthen ramp leading to one of the gates of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Salah, and other regional Muslim leaders, insist Israel is really trying to undermine the foundations of the mosques that sit atop the Temple Mount. Speaking to followers in Jerusalem last week, Salah declared that "it is now the duty of every Arab and Muslim to start an uprising to save Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque," according to a Ynet report on the State Prosecutor's order. Salah later preached that Israel's Jews "want to build their temple while our blood is on their clothes, on their doors, in their food and drinks." Authorities are accusing Salah of incitement to violence, racism and sedition |
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