Re: massacre anniversary

Happy anniversary!


"Heinrich Müller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> GAZA CITY, November 10 ) - Now that more than nine years have elapsed
since
> the massacre of Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi, when a Jewish terrorist rained
> worshippers with bullets, Palestinians scholars urged Muslims Sunday,
> November 9, to stand up firmly to Israeli policies aimed at turning the
holy
> mosque into a Jewish synagogue and forcing Palestinians to leave their
homes
> in the old town of Al-Khalil (Hebron).
>
> Sheikh Hamid Al-Bitawi, head of Palestine's Scholars League, said Israel
> wants Palestinians to give up their inalienable rights in this piece of
> sacred land.
>
> "The incessant and flagrant Israeli aggressions on Al-Aqsa Mosque and
> Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi are planned to Judaize the two holy mosques and turn
> them to synagogues," Bitawi told IslamOnline.net.
>
> He appealed to Muslims and the youth of the time-honored town to scupper
the
> "malicious Israeli plans" and stick close to their motherland.
>
> Sheikh Taysir Al-Tamimi, the chief justice and imam of Al-Ibrahimi Mosque,
> said Israel tries to force more than 40,000 Palestinians to leave their
> homes in Al-Khalil, while Israeli bulldozers are destroying many of
> Palestinian houses in the ancient Tal Al-Ramid district "to pave the way
for
> the apartheid wall and divide the town."
>
> "Worshippers are subject to daily humiliation and assaults by Israeli
> occupation forces," Tamimi told IOL.
>
> He further said Israelis hurl incinerators on the worshippers and try to
set
> the mosques' pulpits aflame, take their dogs into the sacred plazas and
> prevent muezzins (callers for prayer) from voicing the Adhan (the call to
> prayer).
>
> Tamimi also said that Israeli troops force Palestinian women to be frisked
> inside closed doors.
>
> "Add to that, they chased after worshippers using bullets and teargas
> canisters after Al-Asr (the afternoon) prayer last Friday (November 7)
under
> the pretext of the curfew imposed on the town."
>
> The Israeli aggression, he added, left several worshippers wounded.
>
> Appeal
>
> He urged Arab states, the international community, the United Nations and
> human rights advocates to stop the Judaization of Al-Khalil and
Al-Ibrahimi
> Mosque.
>
> "The serious Israeli violations would increase tensions and beef up
revenge
> desire," he warned.
>
> Munzer Al-Dana, a resident of the Al-Khalil, said it is hard now reaching
> Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi, since one should go through a long way of
inspections,
> electronic gates and checkpoints, adding that dozens of Palestinians have
> already left their homes.
>
> AL-Khalil commemorated on February 25 the ninth anniversary of the
massacre.
>
> The terrorist Baruch Goldstein, a well-known Kach leader, entered the
Mosque
> and emptied two clips of a machinegun into Muslim worshippers during the
> dawn prayer, killing at least 50 people and injured 200 others.
>
> Many of the dead and injured were from the same families; they were shot
as
> their heads were bent in prayer.
>
> Israeli occupation soldiers used tear gas and guarded the entrance of the
> mosque after they heard gunfire, which contributed to the difficulty of
> evacuating the dead and injured.
>
> Some eyewitnesses reported that soldiers took part in the shooting
> afterward.
>
> Goldstein was said to have died inside the mosque, but it is not clear if
he
> killed himself or was killed in the melee after opening fire.
>
> Following the massacre, an Israeli committee split the mosque into two
> Muslim and Jewish divisions, piling up sandbags and setting up many of
iron
> gates.
>
>