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<p><strong>Maan News Agency | Nov 25, 2011</strong></p>
<p>GAZA CITY (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Islamic Jihad and Hamas organized mass rallies in Gaza City on Friday demanding protection of Jerusalem&#8217;s Palestinian character and Muslim holy sites.</p>
<p>After Friday prayers, Jihad supporters marched from al-Abbas mosque in the city, and Hamas gathered in Palestine Square, including Prime Minister in the Gaza-based government Ismail Haniyeh.</p>
<p>Jerusalem is in danger and the Islamic community should stand together to support the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City, Islamic Jihad official Sheikh Nafeth Azzam told the rally.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is illogical and unrealistic that Arab leaders stay silent about the rape of Palestine, and keep (Palestinian) prisoners in (Israeli) jails,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is more logical to take up weapons and confront the enemy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Islamic Jihad supports the reconciliation deal ending division between Fatah and Hamas, he said, a day after leaders of the former rivals met in Cairo to progress implementation of the May agreement.</p>
<p>Azzam added that negotiations had not gained any national achievements and the Palestinian Authority should give up on this path.</p>
<p>In Palestine square, Hamas leader Musheer al-Masri told the rally the nation&#8217;s leaders have started to unite with their people and take on the cause of preserving Jerusalem. The entire nation is responsible for liberating Al-Aqsa Mosque, he said.</p>
<p>Israel&#8217;s occupation will disappear because of the determination of Muslims and their fight against injustice, he said.</p>
<p>Rallies also took place in other Gaza cities on Friday, movement leaders said.</p>
<p>Israel captured East Jerusalem in a 1967 war and annexed the city in a move never recognized by the international community.</p>
<p>East Jerusalem&#8217;s Haram al-Sharif compound &#8212; housing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock &#8212; is a revered as the site of Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s journey through the heaven by Muslims.</p>
<p>Presidential legal adviser Ahmad Ruweidi said on Sunday that Israeli settler organizations have been given the green light by the Israeli government to take over a number of central Jerusalem homes belonging to Palestinians, after a Palestinian family was handed eviction orders near the entrance to Al-Aqsa.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=439388">Source and more at the Maan News Agency</a></strong></p>
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