Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh virulently attacked the Palestinian Authority government following its directive to lower the volume on mosque loudspeakers located near settlements and to limit the activities of a number of preachers.
"What is happening in the West Bank is a religious war being waged by the PA in order to beat down the religious population and damage religion for an entire Palestinian generation on its path of executing the American-Zionist plot." (Ali Waked)