Hamas’ official media outlets have issued statements labeling Jewish religious activities on the Har Habayis as a desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
In a message shared via the group’s Telegram channel, Hamas reiterated that Islamic teachings consider the entire area of the Har Habayis to be “an indivisible component of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” As such, “any Jewish presence or religious observance at the site”—particularly korbanos, or offerings—is viewed as a “profound breach of the sanctity of the location.”
The message further pointed to past Jewish religious practices—such as shofar blowing on Rosh Hashanah, taking the arba minim during Sukkos, kneeling and bowing, and bringing sacred objects into the site—as “calculated efforts,” in Hamas’ view, “to disrupt the long-standing status quo.”
Hamas went on to assert that even a “symbolic sacrificial act,” like the bringing of a symbolic Korban Pesach, on the Har Habayis would, in their opinion, “symbolically transform Al-Aqsa into a Temple,” thus laying the groundwork for what they described as a broader plan to construct the Third Bais Hamikdosh. The group warned that the first phase of this alleged plan would involve dividing areas of worship at the site—comparable to the current arrangement at the Meoras Hamachpeilah—followed by actual construction.
It should be noted that all leading poskim of this and previous generations have said that it is halachically forbidden to go on to the Har Habayis today.
{Matzav.com Israel}