March 29, 2018 -- Tomorrow 14th of Nisan -- Palestinians to Demonstrate

Jewish priests prepare for a Passover Sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at Davidson Center in Jerusalem Old City, on March 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Remember when I told you that a group of Jews sacrificed and celebrated the Passover (as practice) just outside the Temple Mount last Monday?  Well tomorrow a group of Palestinians will demonstrate the Jewish ceremony.  Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, who was at one time Grand Mufti of Jerualem, did not recognize the celebration and viewed it as a provocation toward Palestinians, and he expressed frustrations that the ceremony took place so close to “Land Day,” which takes place this Friday.  This day has been a commemoration since 1976 when Israeli forces killed six Israeli Arabs who were protesting what they claim was Israeli appropriation of Arab own land in order to build Jewish communities.  This Friday is also the 14^th of Nisan on which Israel has celebrated the Passover since biblical times.  Sabri has not been without controversies.  For example, he claimed that Israel has no claim to the Temple Mount and is to have said, “this is a decree from God.  The Haram al-Sharif belongs to the Muslim.  But we know the Jew is planning on destroying the Haram.”  Although Sabri was appointed by Yasser Arafat as mufti in 1994, he was removed by Mahmoud Abbas in 2006.