Jordan, Qatar condemn Israeli minister’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque Jordan and Qatar condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Anadolu Agency reports, calling it a dangerous provocation and a blatant violation of international law.
Ben-Gvir stormed Islam’s third-holiest site to mark Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, triggering a wave of condemnations.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry denounced his intrusion as a “flagrant violation of the historical and legal status quo (of Al-Aqsa Mosque) and of Israel’s obligations as the occupying power,” the Turkish news agency quoted it as saying.
The ministry’s statement stressed that such intrusions will not “alter the fact that East Jerusalem is an occupied city over which Israel holds no sovereignty.”
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs echoed the condemnation, describing the move in a statement as part of “ongoing Israeli attempts to alter the religious and historical status quo of Al-Aqsa Mosque” and called it “a provocation to more than two billion Muslims worldwide.”
The ministry warned that “Israel’s escalation policy in the occupied Palestinian territories—including the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza—will inevitably widen the circle of violence and chaos across the region and undermine efforts to implement a two-state solution and achieve a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace.”
