The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs condemned on Sunday the continued Israeli aggression in Al-Aqsa Mosque the latest of which is allowing dozens of settlers to storm the Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police and attack worshipers.
The Ministry’s spokesman Ambassador Daifallah al-Fayez said in a statement that the Israeli actions against the Mosque are rejected and they represent a violation of the historical and legal status quo international law and Israel’s obligations as an occupying power in East Jerusalem.
Fayez pointed out that the ministry sent an official protest note calling on Israel to stop its violations respect the historical and legal status quo respect the sanctity of the Mosque the freedom of worshipers and respect the authority of the Jerusalem Endowment Administration and the affairs of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jordan.
He stressed that the Mosque with its total area of 144 dunums is a place for Muslim worshipers and that the authority of the Jerusalem and Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department is the sole body authorized to administrate its affairs.
On Sunday morning hundreds of Jewish settlers defiled the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque while the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett instructed the Israeli police to provide protection for the storming.
