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Fri 14 Apr 2023 12:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

Targeting Al-Aqsa between fueling conflict and Israeli extremism

Continuing and continuing attacks by the Israeli occupation authorities, their officials, and settlers against the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, including provocations, continuous abuses, serious daily assaults and incursions, have become a real threat to the region, and what is happening is a gross violation of international law and an unprecedented tampering with the existing historical and legal situation in an attempt to perpetuate the temporal and spatial division of the mosque Al-Aqsa in light of the dangerous policies implemented by the occupation authorities in Jerusalem to change the city's identity and legal status as well as its demographic, cultural and historical composition.


The Israeli occupation has no sovereignty over any part of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif, as it bears the Arab and Islamic identity of occupied Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine, and therefore all forms of infringement on it are absolutely rejected and unjustified, and that Muslim worshipers have the absolute right to pray freely and safely in and around it at any time. without any hindrance or violence, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque constitutes the historical and civilized place for Arabs and Muslims all over the world, and Palestine occupies its place, and Jerusalem and its sanctities lie in the heart of it, for the entire Islamic nation, and the eternal association of Muslims all over the world with the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the first of the two qiblahs and the third of the Two Holy Mosques.

The dangerous escalation of the Israeli occupation forces and terrorist settlers by repeatedly storming the Holy Sanctuary, during the holy month of Ramadan, which continues every day with its various activities, to the brutal attack on worshipers and those who are in retreat in its courtyards while performing their prayers and rituals, including women and children, and led to the injury and arrest of hundreds of them, and inflicted Damage to the Al-Qibli prayer hall, which is a provocation to the feelings of Muslims all over the world, an assault on the existing legal and historical situation, and a serious violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.

The Israeli government of extremism and its occupation-based authority are the ones who bear responsibility for the consequences of these dangerous provocative actions by the occupation army and the armed settler militias by continuing the systematic brutal attacks, deliberate provocation and repeated incitement to fuel the situation and provoke a religious confrontation with unimaginable consequences.

In light of these practices, which are now reflected in international peace and security, the international community, and in particular the Security Council, in its capacity as responsible for maintaining international peace and security, must shoulder its responsibilities and take urgent action to take the necessary measures to deter and stop the dangerous Israeli escalation, along with all other illegal and provocative measures and policies that affect the city. Occupied Jerusalem and the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif without selectivity or double standards.

Here, it is necessary to re-emphasize the importance of the historical Jordanian Hashemite Custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy places in the city of Jerusalem and its role in protecting these sanctities and preserving the existing legal and historical status therein. The Department of Endowments of Jerusalem and the Affairs of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque of the Jordanian Ministry of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites is the authorized body. Administration of Al-Aqsa Affairs.

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Targeting Al-Aqsa between fueling conflict and Israeli extremism