ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday condemned “continued incursions by extremist Israeli settlers” into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and called for an immediate halt to what they described as provocative practices.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates rejected any attempts to alter the historical and legal status quo of Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy sites.
“They stress that these provocative and unacceptable actions constitute a flagrant violation of international law, the relevant United Nations resolutions, and the historical and legal status quo at the holy sites in occupied east Jerusalem,” the statement read.
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The ministers also condemned systematic Israeli measures aimed at “altering the historical, legal, and demographic character of occupied east Jerusalem,” and affirmed the special role of the Hashemite custodianship over the holy sites.
The statement declared that the entire 144-dunam Al-Aqsa compound “is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims” and that the Jordanian-affiliated Jerusalem Endowments Department has exclusive authority to administer access to the site.
The foreign ministers held Israeli authorities responsible for halting the escalatory actions, warning that repeated violations fuel instability and undermine peace efforts.
They called for a two-state solution based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
