Israeli Secret Service blames Islamic movements for violence

Contrary to claims by many members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Islamic movements and not Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, are responsible for violence surging through the region, according to the Israeli Secret Service.

Senior members of Shabak or Shin Bet Sunday said to the Security Cabinet of the Israeli government those who are fanning the flames of violence are Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Islamic Movement in Israel, reported several media.

According to top officials of Israeli intelligence, Abbas has given orders to stop attacks against Israelis, reported conservative newspaper Jerusalem Post.

Some members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Fatah political party are considered to have been involved in antiIsrael violence, mobilized mostly on social networks to “defend AlAqsa”, the mosque located on Temple Mount of Jerusalem and claimed by Palestinians.

Since Sep. 13, five Israelis have died and more than 20 were injured in a wave of stabbings that erupted around the disputed Temple Mount, considered sacred by Jews.

In a phone call Friday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Prime Minister Netanyahu accused Palestinian National Authority of inciting violence, which left 24 Palestinians dead including six attackers and more than a 1000 wounded.

In Sunday’s meeting Israeli ministers analyzed ways to stem the escalation of violence and a proposal from Netanyahu to outlaw the Islamic Movement in Israel for encouraging riots alleging Israel has altered the status quo on Temple Mount.

The status quo that Israel denies modifying, was negotiated with Jordan when Israel occupied the eastern part of the city with West Bank and Gaza (evacuated in 2005) and states the custodian is the Islamic Waqf and only Muslims can pray there.

The dispute between the two sides, center around increasingly frequent visits by Jewish nationalists to the sacred place, to pray in silence and assert their right to the place.