The Jordanian ministry of foreign affairs has condemned Israel’s ongoing violations against the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem.
“Israel’s actions against the Mosque are unacceptable and reprehensible and constitute a violation of the historical and legal status quo the international law and Israel’s obligations as an occupying power in east Jerusalem” spokesman for the ministry Haitham Abul-Ful said in a press release.
“The Aqsa Mosque with its entire 144 dunums of land belongs exclusively to the Muslim nation” Abul-Ful underlined.
“Jordan’s Jerusalem Awqaf and Aqsa Mosque Affairs Administration has exclusive jurisdiction over the management of the Aqsa Mosque and the regulation of entry to the site in accordance with the international law and the status quo in the holy city” the Jordanian official added.
He asked Israel to abide by its obligations under international law as the occupying power in east Jerusalem and respect the Aqsa Mosque’s sanctity the historical and legal status quo in the holy city and the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Awqaf and Aqsa Mosque Affairs Administration.
Large numbers of extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday and Thursday provocatively desecrated the Aqsa Mosque to mark a Jewish religious occasion.
