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Home Jordan News Islamic organization condemns Israeli tunnel near al-Aqsa 04-07-2019 07:00 AM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - An international body of Muslim nations has condemned the opening of an Israeli tunnel that runs beneath a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday called it a “bold and irresponsible move” that seeks “to alter the historic and legal status” of east Jerusalem. The OIC reiterated its position that East Jerusalem is occupied Palestinian territory. Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Its annexation is not internationally recognized. On Sunday, US and Israeli officials attended the opening ceremony for what they say is a 2,000-year-old underground route that led to the Jewish Temple, where Al-Aqsa Mosque is now located. US Ambassador David Friedman symbolically sledgehammered through a wall to unveil the “pilgrimage road.” *AP

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Islamic organization condemns Israeli tunnel near al-Aqsa

04-07-2019 07:00 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - An international body of Muslim nations has condemned the opening of an Israeli tunnel that runs beneath a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday called it a “bold and irresponsible move” that seeks “to alter the historic and legal status” of east Jerusalem. The OIC reiterated its position that East Jerusalem is occupied Palestinian territory.

Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Its annexation is not internationally recognized.

On Sunday, US and Israeli officials attended the opening ceremony for what they say is a 2,000-year-old underground route that led to the Jewish Temple, where Al-Aqsa Mosque is now located.

US Ambassador David Friedman symbolically sledgehammered through a wall to unveil the “pilgrimage road.”

*AP

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