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Thursday, October 8, 2015
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Abbas calls for calm, solidarity with Temple Mount rioters
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will not be “dragged” into more violence with Israel, but says his people stand with those “protecting Al-Aqsa mosque.”
Speaking to business leaders on Thursday in Ramallah Abbas says he is committed to “peaceful popular resistance,” though he backs rioters who recently barricaded themselves inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Israeli police on the Temple Mount.
Abbas insists the Palestinians are not interested in a further escalation.
Still, he says their “hands are with those who are protecting Al-Aqsa mosque.”
— AP
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