Make Al-Aqsa the center of Palestine resistance: Hamas leader

Gaza: Hamas leader Khaled Mashal on Wednesday called for the internationalisation of the Al-Aqsa mosque issue in order to raise awareness among key decision-makers about Israeli attacks on the mosque, local media reported.
Speaking to the media during his participation in a political workshop, Mashal said, that the resistance fronts should be opened in all their natural and supposed locations, in order to distract the occupation from the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque, and this is the greatest protection for Al-Aqsa mosque.
“We can put the issue of Al-Aqsa mosque on top of the international agenda if we place it at the forefront of the Palestinian resistance, the agenda of the Palestinian people and the agenda of the governments of Muslim nations,” Middle East Monitor quoted reporting Khaled Mashal.
He added, “Israel does not feel shy about promoting a religious war. Why should we feel shy about declaring that Al Aqsa mosque as the focus of our struggle with the Israeli occupation?” Mashal believed that Israel is taking advantage of the weakness of the Palestinian leadership’s position and the nation’s preoccupation with its wounds, to control the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque.
Khaled Mashal condemned the Zionists’ attack on the Palestinian public: living and dead. It was a reference to Israel’s destruction of the Yusufiya cemetery next to the Noble Sanctuary of Al Aqsa. He said, “They fear the death of the Palestinians.” What about the living Palestinians?