The occupation authorities imposed severe restrictions on the entry of worshipers into Al-Aqsa Mosque (French)
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Monday that the restrictions imposed by Israel on worshipers’ access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque campus in Jerusalem during Ramadan are pushing the situation towards explosion.
In statements to official media, Al-Safadi said that his country rejects the announced Israeli move to limit worshipers’ access to the Holy Mosque during the month of Ramadan, attributing this to security reasons as the war rages in Gaza.
He added that Jordan reiterates the Palestinian view that such restrictions represent an attack on freedom of worship.
The Israeli occupation authorities imposed restrictions on young people entering Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Tarawih prayers on Sunday evening, the night of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
Tarawih prayers were held in Al-Aqsa Mosque amid exceptional measures imposed by the occupation police, which included restrictions on the entry of young men, and assaulted a number of them by beating them at a number of the gates of the Holy Mosque.
During the past few weeks, the Shin Bet Security Agency and the Israeli army called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make the decision himself - unusually - about whether to storm the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, because this is an event that could lead to many possible consequences, according to the authority. .
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that Netanyahu decided to personally take responsibility for deciding whether or not to storm Al-Aqsa during the month of Ramadan.
Source: Reuters