Who Set Fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969?

22 August 2007

When, 38 years ago to this day, the Palestinians still suffer the aggression of the Zionist forces against Al-aqsa mosque. Rules and agreements can't solve the problem of the Aqsa mosque. The Palestinian people is the only to face the tryings to get rid of Al-qsa mosque. 38 years did not give the lesson to the Arab leaders to stand against the Zionist attacks against the third holy place in the Islamic world.

In the morning of August 21, 1969, a fire at Masjid al-Aqsa, the al-Aqsa Mosque was set. The fire destroyed a priceless one-thousand-year-old wood and ivory pulpit (minbar)Salah-Edin. Damage to the mosque later was restored by contributions from Jordan at a cost of about $US9 million.

The Zionist forces claimed that the fire was caused by an electrical fault, and the fire was put out quickly, but the reality was clear of Israeli responsibility. Micheal Danis Walliam , a Zionist young man, was setting fire in the Aqsa mosque from 6 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. The Zionist forces switch off the water inside the mosque to prevent any rescue to the Muslim holy place.

It was not the first or the last time to attack the Aqsa mosque. Many attacks happened after 1969 till these days. The last was aimed to destroy the whole mosque claiming that there was something called the Temple Mount in this place.