Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah
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ISRAEL
LEBANON
JORDAN
SYRIA
WEST BANK
GAZA STRIP
Amman
Jerusalem
Umm al-Fahm

OLD CITY 
1949 Armistice Line
EAST JERUSALEM
WEST JERUSALEM

Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Al-Aqsa Mosque

Dome of the Rock
Western Wall
Temple Mount

200m
650ft
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1958: Raed Salah Abu Shakra born in Umm al-Fahm

1971: Joins Islamic Movement – ideology is closely related to that of Muslim Brotherhood

1987: Hamas and Islamic Jihad emerge during first Palestinian Intifada in West Bank and Gaza Strip

1989-2001: Serves as mayor of Umm al-Fahm

1996: Islamic Movement splits into northern and southern branches. Salah heads more extremist northern branch

Sep 2000-Feb 2005: Al-Aqsa Intifada results in more than 4,000 Palestinian and Israeli fatalities

2003-05: Salah jailed by Israel for funding Hamas, and of having contact with Iranian intelligence agent

2007: Calls for third intifada to “free Jerusalem” during protest over Israeli excavation work near al-Aqsa mosque
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2009: Banned from Jerusalem following calls for “religious war” over claims that Israel is seeking takeover of Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif) and al-Aqsa mosque

May 2010: Takes part in Gaza Freedom Flotilla during which nine Turkish activists are killed by Israeli commandos

Jul: Jailed for five months over 2007 call for third intifada

Jun 2011-Apr 2012: Salah is banned and arrested during speaking tour of UK, under British government’s counter-terrorism strategy

2013: Convicted of inciting violence

Mar 2014: Jailed for eight months, with three years on probation, for inciting violence in 2007 speech

Nov: Just days out of prison, Salah makes fiery sermon about conquering Jerusalem and making it Muslim-only capital of Sunni Islamic global caliphate
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Sources: Times of Israel, Electronic Intifada