PNN:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas used the platform of the First International Conference for the Defense of Jerusalem, held in Doha in February of this year, to appeal to both Christians and Muslims of the Arab world, inviting them to visit and pray in the Israeli-occupied city.
Abbas argued that such a move would constitute a form of resistance, breaking the isolation of Jerusalem’s Palestinian population and bolstering their steadfastness. In Abbas’ words, visits by Arabs to Jerusalem “would contribute to the protection and consolidation of the city’s identity and heritage, which is being threatened with eradication; it would remind the occupier that the cause of Jerusalem is the cause of every Arab, every Muslim and every Christian.”
Why not, the Palestinians have to live under the occupation, so what is wrong for other Arabs to come and see how that works?