Editing Western Wall (section)

===Palestinian===
The [[Palestinian National Authority]]'s State Information Service (SIS) stated as fact that the Jews did not consider the Wall as a place for worship until after the [[Balfour Declaration]] was issued in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |title= Alburaq Revolution |website= The Nakba |publisher= State Information Service of the [[Palestinian National Authority]] |url= http://nakba.sis.gov.ps/english/British-mandate/Alburaq%20Revolution.html |access-date= December 7, 2007 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040715114020/http://nakba.sis.gov.ps/english/British-mandate/Alburaq%20Revolution.html |archive-date= July 15, 2004}}</ref>

In 2006, Dr. Hassan Khader, founder of the [[Al Quds Encyclopedia]], told PA television that the first connection of the Jews to the Wall is "a recent one, which began in the 16th century...not ancient...like the roots of the Islamic connection".<ref>{{cite web 
|last= Klein 
|first= Aaron 
|title= Quick Takes: News From Israel You May Have Missed 
|date= October 25, 2006
|publisher= [[The Jewish Press]] 
|url= https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/quick-takes-news-from-israel-you-may-have-missed-51/2006/10/25/
|access-date= March 11, 2013}}</ref>

The [[Mufti of Jerusalem]], Sheikh [[Ekrima Sa'id Sabri]] said in 2007 that "there never was a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount" and that "there is not a single stone with any relation at all to the history of the Hebrews."<ref>{{cite news |title='Western Wall was never part of temple' |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel/western-wall-was-never-part-of-temple |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=25 October 2007}}</ref>

In November 2010, an official paper published by the PA Ministry of Information denied Jewish rights to the Wall. It stated that "Al-Buraq Wall is in fact the western wall of Al-Aksa Mosque" and that Jews had only started using the site for worship after the 1917 Balfour Declaration.<ref>[[Khaled Abu Toameh]]. [http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=196329 Jews have no right to Western Wall, PA 'study' says], ''Jerusalem Post'', November 22, 2010.</ref>