JERUSALEM (Arutz Sheva): Arab Muslims are enraged by remarks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kotel (Wailing Wall), recognising Jerusalem’s Jewish roots. Putin who visited the Kotel and toured the Kotel tunnels said: “Here, we see how the Jewish past is etched into the stones of Jerusalem”. He has aroused the wrath of local Arab leaders, who vehemently deny that the TempleMount is where the Jewish Temples stood and that Jerusalem was the seat of the Hebrew monarchy for many centuries, long before Mohammed was born. Attorney Zahi Najidat, spokesman for the Islamic Movement in ‘the Palestinian Interior’ (i.e. — the state of Israel), denounced Putin for allegedly siding with Israel, and mentioned Russia’s support for Bashar Assad “who is slaughtering his own countrymen”. In a statement, the Al Aqsa Institute said: “We tell Putin and people like him that the Al-Buraq Wall is exclusive Muslim Waqf property, is an inseparable part of the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque and non-Muslims have no rights at this wall or at the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque …” Terror group Hamas also rejected Putin’s statement.