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RAMALLAH, Nov 16 (KUNA) -- The top Palestinian cleric on Tuesday praised
the leadership of President Mahmoud Abbas for holding firm to the rights of
the Palestinian people.
Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian
homeland, said the Palestinian people and their "wise leadership set an
example of patience and sacrifice" for the nations of the world.
The leadership of President Abbas has proven its solid commitment to the
basic national principles and rights, that are also ensured by the
international legitimacy, said the mufti, in an eid sermon, addressed at the
"Protocols Mosque," located within the compound of the Palestinian presidency
headquarters.
Nations of the globe should take a fair stance toward the cause of the
Palestinian people who have remained steadfast on their territories despite
"the racial practices by the occupation that are aimed at the misappropriation
of their territories and driving the natives out of their lands through the
construction of the racial fence and the settlements," said the top clergyman
in the Palestinian territories.
Abbas performed the eid prayers at the mosque, along with Prime Minister
Salam Fayyad and a number of advisors and officials of the Palestinian
authority. Following the prayers, the president laid a wreath of flowers at
the burial site of the late president, Yasser Arafat.
Addressing attendees, Abbas stated, "I hope that the eid falls next year
with the dream of our people for the establishment of an independent state
with Jerusalem as its capital realized .. a state free of settlements and
settlers." (end)
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