Zahi Najidat, the spokesperson for the radical Islamic Movement in Israel, said he isn't concerned that the government of Israel might outlaw the group that is largely behind violent riots and attacks on police on the Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism.
"This isn't the first time that the official echelon in Israel is sounding threats against the Islamic Movement, in the past similar threats were heard to pursue the leaders of the Movement, to arrest them and to make it illegal," said Najidat in an interview with the Jordanian Quds Press .
Najidat estimated that Israel may outlaw the activities of the extremist group and arrest its leaders, including its head, Sheikh Raed Salah.
"When we call to help Al-Aqsa we are fulfilling our religious obligation that is upon, and we will remain firm in our position and won't neglect supporting Al-Aqsa as much as the occupation tries to narrow our activities together with our countrymen in the 1948 territories and Jerusalem," he added, indicating Palestinian Arab terrorism in Judea and Samaria.
