Plo Says Jews Visiting Temple Mount Is Against International Law

Ma'an reports:A PLO Executive Committee member spoke out against visits by rightist Israeli Jewish groups to the Al-Aqsa compound on Thursday.Ahmad Qurie warned of "catastrophic" consequences if the Jewish groups continued to visit Al-Aqsa, saying THE VISITS VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAW.Yes, now Jews practicing their religion is a violation of international law, according to the PLO.Soon the PLO will define being Jewish itself as a gross violation of human rights, and the UN will praise them for it.By the way, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." The UN's (non-binding) "Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief" amplifies this: Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have a religion or whatever belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching....[T]he right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief shall include, inter alia, the following freedoms:(a)To worship or assemble in connexion with a religion or belief, and to establish and maintain places for these purposes;The article continues:QURIE SAID ISRAELI POLICE ARRESTED PALESTINIAN YOUTHS WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE GROUPS FROM ENTERING THE COMPOUND. HE CRITICIZED THE POLICE FOR MAKING SUCH ARRESTS.QUREI BELIEVES THAT VIOLATING THE JEWISH RIGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR BELIEFS IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.Then the article repeats an absurd rumor that has been going around:Earlier, the director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque told Ma'an that the visits were a "provocative and dangerous intrusion by extremists."Azzam al-Khatib said extremist lawyer Yehuda Glick, who chairs the Temple Mount Heritage Fund, entered the mosque compound through the Moroccan Gate and later "CLIMBED TO THE ROOF OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK and verbally assaulted the guards."Also Saturday, Palestinian security spokesman Adnan al-Dumieri told Ma'an that ISRAELI RIGHTISTS "ASCENDING TO THE ROOF OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK" was a provocative action that would have a negative impact on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.But Israeli police spokesman Rosenfeld said he was unfamiliar with the roof-climbing incident.He confirmed that there were "normal visits" to the Al-Aqsa compound, but said no arrests were made.Climbing to the roof? Religious Jews generally don't go NEAR the Dome of the Rock; it is probably where the Holy of Holies is and believing Jews can't visit there. The idea that they could climb it without the ISRAELI security guards who accompany them stopping them is absurd. But no lie is too absurd for Palestinian Arab spokespeople.