NEWSRAEL: The fact is that the Hamas tactic is a known one - constant pressure over anything that can be exploited against Jews. Claiming that the  "candle-lighting "is a provocation of the Palestinians' feelings and a blatant desecration of the sanctity of the mosque." is far-fetched, but, they have to say something, right?

This report comes from the Arab news site, "The New Arab":
 
Hamas has warned of "repercussions" over plans by Israel's president to visit Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

On Friday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog's office said he would take part in a candle-lighting the ceremony on Sunday at the mosque, which is also called the Cave of the Patriarchs.

The holy site is revered by both Muslims and Jews. 

"The Israeli occupation must bear full responsibility to the repercussions of this assault," Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas official, said in a statement on Friday.

The candle-lighting "is a provocation of the Palestinians' feelings and a blatant desecration of the sanctity of the mosque," he said, calling on Palestinians "to ward off this provocative move".