Live Update From the Liveblog of
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Iran calls Israel ‘terrorists’ over arrests of Muslims on Temple Mount
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweets a photo of Israeli police officers arresting Muslim women today as they were clearing the Temple Mount of rioters trying to prevent Jews from entering the holy compound on the fast day of Tisha B’Av, which coincides with the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival.
He calls it a “crime” and “tyranny,” and calls the Israeli leadership “terrorists.”
The crime shown in this photo was but one perpetrated on al-AQSA this morning—on our holy day.
The same terrorists are hoping to impose #HumiliationoftheCentury on Palestinians.
We Muslims have power to end this tyranny, but only if we unite. pic.twitter.com/xBcFP0tbOG
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) August 11, 2019