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| Israel FM's visit to Ibrahimi Mosque prompts outrage |
| 2015-03-16 |
| Is there anything that doesn't prompt Moslem outrage? [Iran Press TV] A visit by hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to a mosque in the occupied West Bank has stirred outage among the Paleostinian community. On Sunday, Lieberman entered the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), located 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of al-Quds (Jerusalem) amid tight security measures. "The incursion was limited to the side of the mosque that is under Israeli control and lasted for about a half hour," Ismael Halaweh, the head of al-Khalil's religious endowment office, said. "During the incursion, the gates separating the mosque from the Paleostinian market of the Old City were sealed, amid strong presence from Israeli security forces. Lieberman is trying to use al-Ibrahimi Mosque incursion as a campaign ploy," Halaweh added. The visit by the 56-year-old leader of Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is Our Home) right-wing party comes just two days before general elections in Israel, and followed an earlier one on Thursday night. An opinion survey on March 10 revealed that the opposition Zionist Union is edging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party in the March 17 elections. |
| Posted by:Fred |