Ministry of Foreign Affairs Condemns Israeli Excavations Beneath Al Aqsa

June 22, 2016 Blog, News
Alamer came as part of a tourist group to pray at Alaqsa. (Photo: via Flickr)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday condemned the Israeli government’s ongoing excavations beneath al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.

According to the ministry, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “continues to employ all its potential in its war against the occupied East Jerusalem and the Palestinian presence there, in order to enforce the arbitrary Judaization policies”.

Wafa News Agency reported that the Ministry said, “the Israeli authorities are seeking to Judaize the city and obliterate its Palestinian identity.”

The ministry condemned what it described as international silence towards the crimes of the Israeli occupation in Jerusalem. It called upon the UN Security Council to pressure Israel to stop these violations, which are a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions and international law.

The ministry called on the Arab and Muslim countries “not to keep silent” in the face of the Israeli violations in Jerusalem, and to immediately act in order to protect Jerusalem, said Wafa.

(WAFA, PC)

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