The Egyptian press exposed religious authorities’ and intellectuals’ points of view regarding the violent confrontations between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces; in his interview with al-Musawwar, the Shaykh of the Azhar condemned the Israeli trespassing of al-Aqsá mosque. October reported that Pope Shenouda warns for the internationalization of Jerusalem. al-Raya Al-Masreya presented a review of Rajab al Banna’s book "History is not for sale", in which he criticized the Israeli attempts to abolish the Arabic entity of Jerusalem. al Ahrar recounted the history of Jerusalem, since Jacob and Joseph until the Turkish Islamic era.