TEL AVIV — Social media users from across the Arab world, including journalists and politicians, have been celebrating what they characterized as a major victory for the Palestinians at the Temple Mount after Israel decided to remove all security arrangements at the various entrances to the complex.
Protest leaders, including top Palestinian officials, claimed the metal detectors were part of an Israeli conspiracy to hamper Muslim worship on the Mount. Israel’s new security measures were put into place in direct response to a Palestinian terrorist attack at the Mount two weeks ago in which three assailants somehow smuggled weapons onto the site.
The Jordanian-Palestinian journalist and analyst Yasser Zaatreh wrote, “The occupation’s surrender is a big lesson for anyone willing to learn. Jerusalem won by force of will and the resistance. Those who made this victory can achieve an even greater victory.”
خضوع الاحتلال هو درس كبير لمن أراد أن يتعلم. القدس انتصرت بقوة الإرادة والتصدي والمقاومة، ومن صنع هذا الانتصار يمكنه صناعة الانتصار الأكبر.
— ياسر الزعاترة (@YZaatreh) July 27, 2017
Egyptian journalist and author Waiel Kandil wrote, “The battle for Al Aqsa: The removal of the electronic metal detectors and the cameras is an exclusive victory for the resistance. … Proponents of normalization will try to pollute this victory with talk of deals under the table.”
معركة الأقصى:إزالة البوابات الإلكترونية والكاميرات انتصار حصري لإرادة الصامدين والمرابطين، سيحاول أهل التطبيع تلويثه بالحديث عن صفقات سفلية.
— wael kandil (@waiel65) July 26, 2017
Saudi journalist and columnist Ahmad al-Assiri wrote, “After dozens of disappointments, what happened at the Al Aqsa Mosque is the first victory over the Zionists since the Balfour Declaration. … Al Aqsa is a red line.”
بعد هزائم لعقود من الزمن .. ما حدث في المسجد الأقصى اليوم هو اول انتصار على الصهاينة منذ وعد بلفور .. الأقصى خط احمر ..
— احمد عسيري (@ahmadassiri1) July 27, 2017
Kuwaiti parliament member Majed al-Mutairi wrote, “Allah, as you allowed us to see the victory of the worshippers over the occupation, please allow us to pray in the Al Aqsa Mosque when it is liberated from the occupation and its impurity.”
اللهم كما أريتنا انتصار صمود أهلنا المرابطين
في القدس على المحتلين الغاصبين فارزقنا في الأقصى صلاة وقد تحرر من الأغلال وتطهر من رجس الاحتلال— ماجد مساعد المطيري (@almaimoni123) July 27, 2017
A female Syrian journalist, Noor Haddad, wrote, “They said no to the metal detectors and then stayed true to their struggle. The people won’t be defeated as long as the spirit of the struggle is preserved among them, blessings to Jerusalemites, blessings to us.”
قالوا للبوابات لا
وبرباطهم كانوا أوفياء لقضيتهم.. لن تهزم الشعوب مادامت فيها روح مناضلة. هنيئا للمقدسيين…هنيئا لنا
https://t.co/IxR1MsvryI— Noor Haddad (@Haddad_Noor) July 27, 2017
Dr. Mamoun Abu Amer, an academic and political analyst from Gaza, said that the campaign around Al Aqsa was a religious one: “The campaign victory of Al Aqsa is a message to all those who seek to separate the religion from the struggle against the occupation!!”
انتصار معركة الأقصى رسالة لأولئك الذين يحاولون تنحية الدين عن المعركة مع الاحتلال!!
— د.مأمون أبو عامر (@Mamoun16amer) July 27, 2017
Another Gazan, the journalist Dawood Abu Dalfa, wrote, “The victory of Jerusalem in the battle for prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque and the taking of the right to pray by force is the first step in the liberation of Palestine and the Al Aqsa Mosque from the hands of the enemy.”
انتصار القدس في معركة الصلاة في الأقصى وانتزاع الحق بالقوة، هي الخطوة الأولى لتحرير فلسطين والمسجد الأقصى من كيد الأعداء.#القدس_تنتصر
— داود أبو ضلفة | صحفي (@dawood_gaza) July 27, 2017
Iraqi journalist Jasem Alshamri wrote, “That prayer that will take place today at the Al Aqsa Mosque will be a turning point in the history of this people. It will be a prayer of victors, it will be a declaration of victory … of peace over evil.”
صلاة العصر هذا اليوم في المسجد الأقصى نقطة فاصلة في تاريخ الأمة
هي صلاة المنتصرين
صلاة إعلان النصر
صلاة إعلان انتصار إرادة السلام على الشر!— د. جاسم الشمري (@jasemj67) July 27, 2017
Saudi journalist Turki al-Shalhoub wrote, “The victory of the worshippers at the Al Aqsa Mosque over the Zionists and forcing them to remove their detectors against their will – we’re waiting for their departure from all beloved Palestine.”
إنتصار المرابطين في المسجد الأقصى على الصهاينة وإجبارهم على إقتلاع بواباتهم رغما عن أنوفهم!
عقبال خروجهم من كامل فلسطين الحبيبة#القدس_تنتصر pic.twitter.com/TL7L7ekYYf— تركي الشلهوب (@TurkiShalhoub) July 27, 2017
A Gaza political scientist, Arafat Hanieh, wrote, “Today they (the Israelis) are carrying their failure, tomorrow they’ll carry their suitcases and leave. The struggle of the Palestinian people won’t be in vain.”
اليوم يحملون خيباتهم، وغداً سيحملون أمتاعهم ويرحلون، كفاح الشعب الفلسطيني لن يذهب كالرياح.#انتصار_الأقصى #انتصار_المقدسيين #الأقصى #فلسطين pic.twitter.com/UKF3Dby333
— عرفات هنيه | Arafat Haniya (@HaniyaArafat) July 27, 2017
An Algerian social media user, Naseema, wrote, “I swear, when I heard of the victory at Al Aqsa I started screaming Allah is great, Allah is great, a thousand blessings and congratulations to the worshippers. Al Aqsa boasts and praises its people. Al Aqsa is proud of its people.”
اقسم عند سماع انتصار الاقصى اليوم بدون شعور طلعت زغاريد مني الله أكبر ألف ألف ألف مبروك للمرابطين وياعزة الاقصى بأهله ويا عزة الاقصى بأهله pic.twitter.com/txeJrm5wA2
— 🌹🌹نسيمة 🌹🌹 (@E5aVEVScJ9CarEC) July 27, 2017
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