29 July 2001

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

“Here is a plain statement to men”

The Zionist invaders daily prove their suspicious intentions and their devilish plots against the holy Aqsa Mosque. Here they are today laying down what they consider as the foundation stone of their alleged temple in one of the holy city’s suburbs, the Maghareba suburb, which is adjacent to the holy Aqsa Mosque. Their project would only be completed with the demolition of the Aqsa Mosque God forbid.

As for our people in Palestine, they as usual gather in the Aqsa yards from all over Palestine despite the criminal Zionist repression, siege of their cities and villages and barring the majority of them from reaching the holy city of Al-Quds.

The League of Palestine Ulama has issued a statement addressed to the Arab and Islamic Nation denouncing that heinous crime and the flagrant encroachment on Muslims’ holy shrines top amongst them, the holy Aqsa Mosque.

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, also issued a statement describing the Zionist decision as a crime that exposes the Jews’ scheme to demolish the Aqsa and urged the Arab and Islamic peoples to express their rejection of that notorious plot.

We, for our part, appeal to the Nation, with its official and popular forces, to rise up in defense of the holy Aqsa Mosque with all possible means.

We also urge you to launch whatever activities possible including popular programs and media campaigns in addition to mobilizing the people’s potentials and to act on all official and popular levels to boost efforts aimed at supporting our people’s steadfastness in confrontation with the Zionist enemy. We request all material and moral support for them in their defense of the holy Aqsa Mosque and in face of the enemy’s cowardly aggression.

Allahu Akbar and honor belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers

And it is a Jihad until either victory or martyrdom

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
Islamic Relations department
8^th Jumada Awal 1422H
29^th July 2001AD