{"id":133885,"date":"2026-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/133885"},"modified":"2026-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:00:00","slug":"israeli-occupation-police-issue-deportation-orders-against-kamal-khatib-and-raed-salah-from-al-aqsa-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/133885","title":{"rendered":"Israeli occupation police issue deportation orders against Kamal Khatib and Raed Salah from Al-Aqsa Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;;color:#EE0000\">Israeli occupation<br \/>\npolice issue deportation orders against Kamal Khatib and Raed Salah from<br \/>\nAl-Aqsa Mosque<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">The Israeli occupation police<br \/>\nissued deportation orders preventing the head of the Freedoms Committee in the<br \/>\nPalestinian interior Sheikh Kamal Khatib, and the head of the outlawed Islamic<br \/>\nMovement inside the Green Line Sheikh Raed Salah, from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque<br \/>\nfor one week, with expectations that the decision may be extended to six months<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:\n20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:\n&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">Sheikh Kamal Khatib explained<br \/>\nthat the summons began with a phone call from a woman who introduced herself as<br \/>\na police officer. When he asked to verify her identity, she responded harshly<br \/>\nand threatened him with arrest<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">He added that Sheikh Raed Salah<br \/>\nwas also summoned, and arrangements were made with lawyers for them to attend<br \/>\nthe police station in Nazareth instead of Jerusalem<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">Khatib described these measures<br \/>\nas reflecting the \u201carrogance\u201d of the establishment, noting that his exclusion<br \/>\nfrom Al-Aqsa is presented as a security threat, while settler incursions and<br \/>\nrestrictions imposed on worshippers are not treated in the same way. He<br \/>\nexpressed confidence that this phase will eventually come to an end<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:\n20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:\n&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">For his part, Sheikh Raed Salah<br \/>\nconfirmed that he had received an order banning him from entering Al-Aqsa<br \/>\nMosque, stressing that Al-Aqsa is a purely Islamic right for Muslims, and that<br \/>\nthe Islamic Waqf Council is the authority responsible for it. He considered the<br \/>\njustifications for the ban to be baseless<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">Legally, the lawyer accompanying<br \/>\nboth sheikhs condemned these measures, describing the summons as<br \/>\n\u201creprehensible,\u201d and stating that the justification by the Israeli occupation<br \/>\npolice that their presence poses a threat to public order is \u201cillogical.\u201d He affirmed<br \/>\nthat the natural state is for Muslims to be present in Al-Aqsa Mosque, not<br \/>\nprevented from it<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">He added that around one thousand<br \/>\ndeportation orders have been issued from Al-Aqsa since Ramadan, some of them<br \/>\nbased merely on social media posts, while criticizing the full protection<br \/>\nprovided to settlers during their incursions into the mosque and their<br \/>\nperformance of Talmudic rituals in its courtyards<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\n6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\">Sheikh Kamal Khatib concluded by<br \/>\nemphasizing that Al-Aqsa Mosque is a purely Islamic right for Muslims,<br \/>\nexpressing optimism about relief soon, saying: \u201cWe are closer to relief, God<br \/>\nwilling<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Traditional Arabic&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" 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