Several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have slammed Israeli forces’ brutal storming of al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and their attack of Palestinian worshipers observing the holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday night.
Saudi Arabia said it was following with concern development at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the Kingdom condemns this blatant intrusion and expresses its categorical rejection of these practices that undermine peace efforts and are contrary to international principles and norms that call for respect of religious sanctities.
It reaffirmed its position in supporting all efforts aimed at ending the Israeli occupation and reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue.
Egypt also considered in a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry that such hateful and reprehensible scenes, and repeated Israeli violations of the sanctity of the holy places, fuel feelings of anger among all the Palestinian people and Islamic nation.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister strongly condemned the Israeli forces’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and called on Israeli occupation to stop such acts against worshipers, which it said violate international norms, holding Israel fully responsible for any consequences.
The State of Qatar also condemned in the “strongest terms” the Israeli occupation forces’ storming and vandalism of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it considers these “brutal criminal practices a serious escalation and a blatant infringement of the holy places, an extension of the policy of judaizing Jerusalem, a violation of international law and resolutions of international legitimacy, and a provocation to the feelings of more than two billion Muslims in the world, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan.”
