The Lower House Tuesday condemned Israel’s new far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa mosque compound along with a group of extremist Jewish settlers.
Ben-Gvir arrived early today at the compound, Islam’s third holiest shrine, on his first visit to the flashpoint site since taking his ministerial post in the new far-right government, despite warnings from the opposition.
“This behavior is a violation of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, a provocation worthy of condemnation and a flagrant and unacceptable violation of the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its sanctities,” the chamber’s Foreign Affairs Committee said in a statement.
It reiterated that the ongoing violations and attacks on Palestinian sacred places herald in further escalation and represent a “dangerous orientation that the international community should immediately work to stop.”
The committee held Israel fully responsible for the “dangerous consequences of this escalation, which undermines all efforts that had been made to prevent an escalation of violence that threatens regional security and stability”, stressing the need for settlers to stop the provocation, violations of religious sanctities and “brutal” attacks on Palestinians.
Source: Jordan News Agency