 In a 2011 meeting with Palestinian delegates, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani described Palestinians as "trash" and claimed they would never be victorious.He also accused Palestinians of illegally seizing land that belonged to the state and the Islamic Wakf Trust.However, in his 2014 Eid al-Fitr sermon, Qabbani called for jihad to "[liberate] Palestine’s sacred land from Jewish foreign occupation."