AMMAN — Jordan warned Sunday against the Israeli
occupation’s ongoing attempts to change the historical and legal status quo in
the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif by imposing temporal and spatial
division, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported Sunday.
اضافة اعلان
In a statement,
the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Haitham Abul
Foul described the attempt as a serious escalation and a violation of
international law and Israel’s responsibilities as an occupying power.
He said that
Israel bears full responsibility for the “serious consequences” of this
escalation, which undermines efforts to maintain the comprehensive calm and
prevent the escalation of violence that threatens peace and security.
He underscored
the need for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and
take immediate action to pressure Israel to stop the escalations.
The foreign
affairs ministry also condemned the Israeli occupation’s police and forces
ongoing raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the forced removal of worshippers,
while extremists storm the holy mosque under police escort.
Abul Foul
underlined that the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif in occupied Jerusalem, in
its entire area of 144 dunums is purely a place of worship for Muslims and that
the Jordanian-run Waqf (endowments) and Al-Aqsa Affairs Administration in
Jerusalem have exclusive jurisdiction to run all the affairs of the holy site
and organize entry to and exit from the compound.
He rejected
Israeli statements alleging that occupation police has the right to allow
non-Muslims to visit the compound, reiterating that the Waqf Administration has
an exclusive right under the historical status quo.
The ministry, he
added, continues to make contact and act on regional and international scales
to stop the ongoing Israeli escalations, in addition to warning of their
consequences, which undermine the comprehensive calm and push towards more
violence and tension.
Earlier on
Sunday, dozens of Palestinian Muslim worshipers were wounded and others were
arrested after Israeli occupation forces stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa
Mosque, to secure the mass incursions of Jewish extremist settlers, according
to Palestinian sources.
The Jewish
incursions came in response to calls made by the organizations of the alleged
temple, on the occasion of the so-called Hebrew Passover.
A statement by
the Palestine Red Crescent Society said that at least 19 Palestinians were
injured during the attacks of the occupation forces near Bab Al-Asbat area,
five of whom were transferred to the hospital.
“Occupation forces
stormed the holy mosque and assaulted worshipers and those stationed in its
courtyards, amid heavy firing of sound bombs and tear gas,” the statement
added.
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