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Israeli Islamic Movement Leader "Builds Castles of Conspiracy Theories"
[Jerusalem Post] Rebecca Anna Stoil - Raed Salah, the outspoken leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel's northern branch, called Tuesday on all Israeli Arabs and residents of eastern Jerusalem to immediately make their way to the Old City and "shield the Aksa Mosque with their bodies." Salah's militancy continues to drive a wedge between those who say they believe in working within the Israeli political system and those advocating violent methods outside of it. Prof. Yitzhak Reiter, of the department of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said: "In 2007, when Israel was working on the Mughrabi gate entrance, and Salah called on people to defend the mosque, few people actually came - even on the buses that he organized to come to Jerusalem - because they understood that he took one step too far." "He [Salah] works by building castles of conspiracy theories," explained Reiter.