Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has given his okay for the leaders of the Fatah Tanzim militia to take part in planning mass demonstrations this Friday, and in the days that follow, over the continuing tensions on the Temple Mount.
Meetings were held today between representatives of various Palestinian factions at the office of Fatah deputy chairman Mahmoud al-Aloul. Jabal al-Mheissen, responsible for Tanzim on the Fatah central committee, and former Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfik Tirawi were at the meetings, along with the heads of Fatah’s regional branches in the West Bank.
The assembled leaders call to conduct Friday prayers in public places — not in mosques, in protests at continued security measures at the Temple Mount — as well as general readiness and “escalating” protests “in all of Palestine as an [act of] victory for the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
Abbas approved the meetings, their content, and the decisions that were taken.
— Avi Issacharoff
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