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Mon 03 Apr 2023 2:02 pm - Jerusalem Time

Shtayyeh: What is happening in Al-Aqsa is a violation of the sanctity of sanctities, and it must stop

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said, "What is happening in Al-Aqsa Mosque is a violation of the sanctity of the sanctities, and pushes the worshipers to move away from Al-Aqsa through intimidation and restrictions on the passage and exit of people through checkpoints and gates. This arbitrariness and criminality must stop."


Shtayyeh condemned, during the government session in Ramallah, today, Monday, the continued incursions of the settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque and the calls to slaughter sacrifices in its courtyards, and the execution by the occupation forces of the young doctor Muhammad Al-Osaibi from the town of Hura in the Negev, and the accompanying arrests and deportations of the worshipers in the mosque during the holy month, and the execution of The young man, Muhammad Baradiya, from the town of Surif, and the two young men, Muhammad al-Hallaq and Muhammad Abu Bakr, were killed in the city of Nablus.


Shtayyeh added: "Today, the Council of Ministers is completing the discussion of the appendices of the general budget in circumstances in which Israeli deductions are escalating, which amounted to about 250 million shekels per month, in addition to the decline in international aid allocated to the budget, and the demands of unions and public state employees, and despite all that, the government was forced to borrow from banks." A 3-month salary will be paid within days, and a 4-month salary will be paid before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, so that employees can meet their financial obligations during the Eid holiday.


Regarding the teachers, the Prime Minister said to the male and female teachers: "We respect the agreements signed with them, which are based on adding 15% to the voucher, and we will do that, and 5% of it will be paid this month, while the remaining 10% will be allocated to them on the voucher and it is included in the 2023 budget, and we will fulfill it." With all of our commitments towards you, and God willing, we will be able to do so before the end of this year.


He added: "But if the financial crisis continues and we are unable to do so, then we want you to understand and bear the burden with us, and bear with us the country without prejudice to what is yours. I say this to the teachers and to everyone, and accordingly I call on all teachers to return to their schools at the end of the vacation next Sunday. And make up for the students missed lessons according to the schedule prepared by the Ministry of Education.


He continued: "We are a people under occupation and we are facing the occupier in difficult circumstances, politically, security, economically and financially, and there is continuous aggression against our people and our land. In side conflicts that take us away from our main goal.


Shtayyeh said: "The Israeli financial rivalries, and the retreat of some donors, aim to put pressure on us and subdue us, but everyone knows that we do not barter politics for money, and the important thing is that we bear each other, understand our reality in which we live, and that what is between us is the language of dialogue, in order to reach a solution." minimum understanding.

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Shtayyeh: What is happening in Al-Aqsa is a violation of the sanctity of sanctities, and it must stop