Jerusalem's Mufti says there is no change in Israel's policies

Jerusalem's Mufti and Orator of Al Aqsa mosque, Sheik Ekrema Sabri, accused the Israeli government of besieging Jerusalem, Westernizing and Judaizing it.

He said there is a scheme and studied plan to remove Jerusalem from its Islamic Arabic roots and an attempt to subject it to suppression to accept a Western civilization that cancels the past and imposes all it wants, emphasizing that the Israeli civilization is based on suppression and terrorism.

Jerusalem's Mufti said in a statement to ArabicNews.com that Jerusalem is obliged to speak a language which was never hers but to a civilization that does not belong to it.

He added that Jerusalem's inhabitants are expelled under pretexts unacceptable by any law or religion and that Israel is working on isolating Jerusalem from the rest of the Palestinian cities.