Sheikh Ekrima Sa’id Sabri is the Head of the Supreme Islamic Council, an imam at the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine (1994–2006). Widely revered across Palestine for his forthright theological stances against the Israeli occupation, he has repeatedly faced state arrests, travel restrictions, eviction orders, and long-term entry bans. Following his brief August 2024 detention and subsequent six-month entry ban for delivering a sermon mourning Ismail Haniyeh, Israeli authorities officially placed the 87-year-old cleric on trial for "inciting terrorism". Appearing at hearings in a wheelchair, his legal team presented a formal defense rejecting the indictment. The next session of his trial is in September 2026.