Should not let this last item go without comment.
IIRC there is a direct link between that grand mufti and PLO’s Yasser Arafat.
I have seen Arafat described as a cousin or nephew of the Mufti, but have never done a fact check on it. I have also seen him described as a mentor. Regardless, they knew each other well in Egypt and Arafat assumed the Mufti’s mantle of chief Palestinian Jew and Israel hater.