Members of the Joint List party, headed by Ayman Odeh, met on Saturday with Hebron Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh and discussed with him the Israeli activity in the "Ibrahimi Mosque" (the Islamic name for the Cave of the Patriarchs) which, according to a report by the Palestinian Authority’s official Wafa news agency, is meant to change the historical characteristics of the site.
At the meeting, Abu Sneineh noted that the visit of the Knesset members of the Joint List sends a message about the unity of the homeland and the people in all the Palestinian territories, and claimed that the "occupation" began to implement the “Judaization plans” of the site through the work to make the place accessible to the disabled.
According to the report in Wafa, the Joint List MKs said that "this entire land and what is in it belong to the Palestinian people" and that the current phase requires a "serious position of the (Arab) public".
They added that the activities of the Arab public will return the Palestinian issue to the focus of interest in the international arena.
They also said that the purpose of the visit to Hebron was to obtain information from primary sources on human rights violations by the "occupation" in order to transfer it to international institutions and mobilize them to support the Palestinian position.
Taking part in the visit were MKs Ahmed Tibi, Samy Abu Shahadeh and Osama Saadi.