Fatah claims Jews getting hitched on Temple Mount, vows punishment

A Fatah official has threatened to “punish” Israel over what he says are Jewish marriages occurring on the Temple Mount.

Ra’afat Aliyan, a spokesman for Fatah in East Jerusalem, says the marriages are an “unprecedented Jewish violation” which will act as “motivation for all the Palestinian Islamic and nationalistic groups and parties to escalate violence and attacks against the Israeli occupation forces,” according to the Gulf News outlet.

The allegation of Jewish marriages on the holy site, which is apparently unfounded, was sparked by a video shared by right-wing Jewish extremist Bentzi Gopstein of his son touring the Temple Mount on the morning of his wedding day, a common practice in some religious Jewish circles.

Jewish prayer and rites, including weddings, are forbidden by Israel atop the holy site.

“Allowing Jewish marriage ceremonies inside Al Haram Al Sharif shows that Israel is still thirsty for blood and seeks to shed more blood of the Palestinians who will never keep their mouths shut about this large-scale violation against the holy site,” Aliyan says.

“Such provocative moves will not pass unpunished,” he adds.