A Hebrew newspaper revealed on Friday that the Israeli government had rejected a Jordanian request to increase the number of guards working in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israel Hayom reported that Israel had demanded a security check on all those nominated to the post before accepting the request.
The newspaper added quoting a Palestinian source from Jerusalem that “the Israeli occupation refuses to allow the new guards to enter the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and engage in their work.”
The Jerusalem Endowments Department which is affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments in Jordan is the official supervisor of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Jerusalem Endowments according to international law which considers Jordan the last local authority supervising those holy sites before their occupation.
