Arab Journalists Condemn Al-Aqsa Attack: The Palestinians Must Abandon The Path Of Violence | MEMRI
Following the July 14, 2017 shooting at the Al-Aqsa mosque, several articles in the Arabic media came out against the attack, calling on the Palestinians to abandon the path of violence and religious fanaticism and exchange it for investment in education, science and technology. This, „in order to produce an enlightened generation that is not in the grip of the religious insanity“ that has so far led the Islamic umma to nothing but perdition. Iraqi journalist ‚Omar Al-Khatib called on Palestinians to cease the violence that has cost them numerous unnecessary casualties, unite around the PLO, and stick to peaceful measures, which will bring them what they have not been able to achieve with weapons. Saudi journalist Mujahid ‚Abd Al-Muta’ali contended that „solidarity with the refugee camps in the diaspora takes precedence to solidarity with Al-Aqsa,“ since men are more important than stones, and, like Al-Khatib, suggested that investing in the education of the young generation will bring the Palestinians closer to their objective. Israeli Arab lawyer Jawad Boulos warned against the growing willingness of young Israeli Arabs to die and to kill in the name of religion and its holy symbols, first and foremost the Al-Aqsa mosque, and called on the leaders of the Israeli Arabs no
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