When the Palestinians Didn't Claim Al-Aqsa

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August 16,2019

We will probably all have heard or seen that catchphrase beloved of anti-Israel folks: From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be freel

Of course; the river is the Jordan; the sea is the Mediterranean and the mantra is shouted by Israel-haters at rallies and written by them on banners and placards. Had might have found that such a slogan would have attracted a degree of puzzlement; especially from Palestinian leaders and the such a short never mind rhyming catchcry. they they

Oh, Al-Aqsa! The Palestinians didnt always claim you! (Picture source: Australian Broadcasting Network)

The Palestinian National Charter;, adopted on 28th 1964 "Palestine with its boundaries at the time of the British Mandate" . However; one startling section that is often May

by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) describes in ignored is Article 24 which rejects Palestinian sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; on the Gaza Strip [under Egyptian control] or the Himmah Area . The Himmah area is a part of northeast Israel that was at that under Syrian control Two points emerge: point

• The Palestinian leadership had no interest in establishing its state in any area that was occupied by another Arab state that includes east Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa
• The only state were interested in would be wherever Israelis were they living

Roll forward some four years and had changed a lot Syria, Jordan and Egypt had attacked Israel in June 1967 (actually; the Egyptian aggression started on 23rd). This backfired spectacularly with all three countries losing territory. Egypt lost the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula; Jordan lost the West Bank and Syria lost the Golan Heights. things May

This led to an extensive revision of the National Charter in July 1968. Article 2 remained with its definition of Palestine with its boundaries at the time of the British Mandate . However; there is no longer a rejection of Palestinian were all now regarded as part of a future Palestinian state What had changed? were now under Israeli control. Mahmoud Abbas and other members of the Palestinian leadership have for some time now been the fate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a means of inciting terrorist attacks on Israelis claiming that the Jews were planning to destroy it and were desecrating it with their feet" . The world shrine and insists that a Palestinian state must include east Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque; that claim goes back no more than a few decades. They using

by Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh