Jordan's King Abdullah II affirmed during his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman today, Wednesday, that the Kingdom continues its efforts with regional and international parties to stop the recent Israeli escalation and preserve the historical status of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem under the Hashemite guardianship.
The King of Jordan reiterated his country's support for the Palestinian people and their right to their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and expressed his determination to continue contacts in order to stop the attacks on Jerusalem and its holy sites.
For his part, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for pressure on the Israeli government to stop its "unilateral actions" and respect the agreements concluded between the two sides.
Abbas pointed to the importance of "intensifying Palestinian-Jordanian efforts and coordination in order to mobilize the energies of the international community to stop the Israeli government's aggressive practices and policies against the Palestinian people, their land and their holy sites."
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The Palestinian-Jordanian coordination comes after the Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque for several days in a row during the month of Ramadan, and fired gas bombs and rubber bullets to expel the worshipers and the worshipers from the tribal chapel and the entire Temple Mount.
The so-called “temple groups” tried to perform the rituals of “slaughtering the offerings” and burning them and scattering their ashes in Al-Aqsa on the occasion of the Jewish Passover, but they were forced to reverse this plan, but the Palestinians warned that the matter might be a prelude to a greater danger within the so-called “temporal and spatial division.” For the Holy Mosque.
The Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem said that the number of intrusion of Jewish settlers in less than a week amounted to 3,670 settlers, under the pretext of celebrating Easter.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that today, Wednesday, the occupation forces deployed about 3,000 members in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
This came in the context of security restrictions on thousands of Palestinians who headed from the West Bank to the Israeli crossings leading to Jerusalem to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque to commemorate the 27th night of Ramadan, in anticipation of the Night of Power.
Despite these restrictions, the Islamic Endowments Department said this evening that the number of worshipers who flocked to Al-Aqsa courtyards reached a quarter of a million people.