Muslim Brotherhood, in a statement on 8 May, condemned the continued Israeli aggression in the region. It said, “Days ago, Israel took advantage of ongoing battles in Syria, launching two airstrikes in Syrian territories and arresting Jerusalem’s most senior Muslim scholar.This confirms that Israel has been planted in the heart of the Arab world to spread chaos, terror and aggression, and to break up Arab countries so as to grab full control of the region….
“Earlier today (May 8), Israeli police arrested the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Sheikh Mohamed Hussein, accusing him of links to clashes that occurred Tuesday at Al-Aqsa Mosque…. We strongly and completely condemn the Mufti’s arrest, which is a blatant attack and a severe violation of freedom of worship that every Muslim, and all free people reject, and which led to further clashes between Jews and Muslims outside the mosque. Israelis should know that Al-Aqsa Mosque constitutes one of the tenets of faith for Muslims. It is their mosque which they will never give up. They will never give up the city of Jerusalem either, whatever the cost, whatever the sacrifices.”