Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh will lead a "million-man rally" scheduled for Friday in Cairo "to save the Al-Aqsa mosque" in Jerusalem "from repeated breaches by Zionist extremists", according to the Hamas Website.
Among the Egyptian figures joining Haniyeh will be SalahSultan, Secretary Generalof the Jerusalem Committeeof theWorldAssociation ofMuslim Scholars. Sultan told Hamas's Cairo correspondent that Haniya willdelivered a speechat the end of Friday prayersto saveAl-Aqsa.Sultancalled on allEgyptiansandMuslimsto join the demonstrationandcalledto open the doorto jihad (Islamic holy war),to support thePalestinian Authority struggleand to break the siege onGaza.