Qatar has strongly condemned Israeli National Security Minister's storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, considering it a flagrant violation of the international law and the Hashemite guardianship over the holy sites in Occupied Jerusalem.
In a statement Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned against the escalation policy pursued by the Israeli government in the occupied Palestinian territories, and asserted that compromising the religious and historic situation of Al-Aqsa Mosque is not only a violation of the Palestinians, but of millions of Muslims worldwide.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the Israeli occupation authorities responsible for the violence cycle that would happen as a result of this systematic escalation policy against the Palestinian people and on their lands and Islamic and Christian holy places. The ministry urged the international community to urgently act to stop these violations.
The ministry reiterated Qatar's firm stance on the justice of the Palestinian cause, and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, including the full right to practising their religious rituals without restrictions and establishing their independent state within the borders of 1967, with eastern Jerusalem as its capital.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were among nations to condemn the visit of Israel's extreme-right new national security minister to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, AFP reports.
The move by firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir has enraged Palestinians, while the United States warned of steps which may harm the status quo.
Jordan's foreign ministry spokesman Sinan Majali said Amman summoned the Israeli ambassador, to "convey a protest message about the recklessness of the Israeli national security minister in storming the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque".
Saudi Arabia condemned the "provocative practices" of Ben-Gvir.
Iran called the visit a "violation of international regulations and an insult to the values and sanctities of the Muslims," with a foreign ministry spokesman warning of a response from "Muslim nations".
The Palestinian foreign ministry called Ben-Gvir's visit a "serious threat".
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem deemed it a "crime" and vowed the mosque compound "will remain Palestinian, Arab, Islamic".
