RAMALLAH (Palestine Foundation Information Center)The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs documented in its monthly report the violations of Israeli occupation forces and settlers against the Al-Aqsa and Al-Ibrahimi mosques as well as other sacred places during the month of February, showing that the Al-Aqsa Mosque was stormed 20 times, and the call to prayer was prevented in the Ibrahimi Mosque for 44 times.
The Ministry explained, in a statement on Sunday, that Israeli occupation forces and settlers have intensified their attacks against Islamic sanctities under the pretext of tourism.
It reported that Israeli occupation forces continued their attacks on the Ibrahimi Mosque, expelled a number of its employees for no reason and banned them from entering it, stressing that these measures come as part of the Israeli attempts to empty the mosque of worshipers and workers, after its director was deported from it a week ago.
The Ministry of Endowments confirmed in a previous statement that it is the only sovereign authority over the holy site, and that any attempt to change that reality is a violation and assault on its sovereignty, because the holy sanctuary is a purely Muslims’ Waqf property and no one, no matter how powerful he is, has the right to tamper with it or change its features.
It stressed that the Israeli occupation, by practicing its daily violations and attacks on the Ibrahimi Mosque, is ignoring all international laws and conventions that placed the holy sanctuary on the list of the cultural heritage in 2017.
The Endowments Ministry called on the relevant international institutions to “exert efforts to stop and end these violations in order to preserve its religious heritage and historical value, and to put an end to the violations of this unjust occupation.”
