Jordan Wednesday inveighed against an Israeli court’s decision to allow extremist Jews to perform their prayers in the al-Aqsa Mosque.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign affairs and Expatriates Haitham Abu Alfoul said the decision is “null” and has no legal effect as per the international law which does not recognise the Israeli court system’s authority in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem.
Abu Alfoul said the court’s ruling is a “flagrant violation of international legitimacy” pertinent to Jerusalem, not the least of which are the UN Security Council’s, that stress the necessity of maintaining the status quo of Jerusalem.
He also emphasised the decision oversteps the “historical and legal” status quo in the al-Aqsa Mosque and the UNESCO resolutions.
He stressed Jordan’s position that is in line with the international law which does not recognise occupied East Jerusalem as being within the remit of the Israeli judicial law’s (courts law).
He said the 144-dunum al-Aqsa Mosque is a strictly place of worship for Muslims and that the Jordanian-run Jerusalem Awqaf Department is the sole body legally responsible for managing the affairs of the holy mosque.
Source: Jordan News Agency