Amman – Saba:
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan affirmed on Sunday that Israel has no sovereignty over the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary (Al-Haram Al-Sharif).
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the storming of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary by the so-called Israeli National Security Minister, the extremist criminal Itamar Ben-Gvir, today under the protection of the Israeli occupation police, according to the Jordanian News Agency (Petra).
In an official statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Ambassador Dr. Sufyan Al-Qudah, the ministry described this incursion as a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, an unacceptable provocation, and a condemnable escalation. It stressed that Israel has no sovereignty over the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary.
Al-Qudah reiterated that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its entire area of 144 dunams, is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims. He emphasized that the Quds Awqaf Council and the Department of Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs, under Jordan’s Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs, and Holy Sites, is the sole legal authority responsible for managing the affairs of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary, including regulating entry.
Jordan absolutely rejects and strongly condemns the continued incursions by the extremist criminal minister Ben-Gvir and the facilitation by the Israeli occupation police of repeated raids by settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary. These actions constitute a blatant violation of the historical and legal status quo of the mosque and the sanctuary, an attempt to impose temporal and spatial division, and a desecration of its sanctity.
Al-Qudah warned of the consequences of these ongoing provocative and illegal violations against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Quds. He called on Israel, as the occupying power, to halt all provocative actions by the extremist minister Ben-Gvir, which reflect the continued extremist policies of the Israeli government aimed at escalating tensions, imposing unilateral measures in the occupied West Bank, and violating the sanctity of Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Quds.
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