December 1, 1997 The Temple Mount

The Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah

“The Tombs of Rachel and Joseph are actually Muslim sites”

“I call to be alert and to treat the Tomb of Joseph and the Tomb of Rachel as dunams of Palestinian land which must be liberated, and to treat Joseph and Rachel as just two people who died, like anyone else who dies.”

Similarly, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz quoted Palestinian Authority officials as saying that:

“Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem is the traditional tomb of the Cushite servant of Mohammed.”

Source: (Ha’aretz, Oct. 9, 1996)