Ammon News - The Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Chargé d'Affairs of the Israeli embassy in Amman to express the Jordanian government's rejection and condemnation of the continuous Israeli violations against the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al Haram Al Qudsi Al Sharif, the recent attacks on the Al Haram Al Sharif and worshipers, and the attacks on Jerusalemites, especially in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.

The ministry's secretary-general, ambassador Yousef Bataineh, told the Israeli Chargé d'Affairs that the recent Israeli practices against the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque constitute a violation of the international law and the historical and legal status quo and must be stopped immediately, and he warned him of the consequences of continuing violations, provocations and escalation.

Bataineh emphasized that the Israeli police practices are provocative, rejected and condemned. He also stressed the need to respect the sanctity of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al Haram Al Sharif and the freedom of worshipers.

He also underlined that the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its entire area of 144 dunums, is a pure mosque for Muslims that is exclusively supervised by Jordan's Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque Awqaf Department, and that the Israeli violations against the Al Haram Al Sharif represent a flagrant provocation to the feelings of Muslims around the world.

Bataineh called on the Chargé d'Affairs to convey a message to the Israeli authorities that they must adhere to their obligations as the occupying power in East Jerusalem under international law and stop violations and attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalemites.

He also called on stopping attempts to displace residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood from their homes that they own, as they are treated as protected population according to international law and international humanitarian law, and therefore the Israeli authorities have no right to forcibly displace them from their homes, and their displacement constitute a violation of international law.

Bataineh underscored the invalidity of Israeli court decisions on occupied East Jerusalem based on international humanitarian law and called on the Israeli authorities to respect the provisions of international law regarding this case, and to respect the right of the people to their homes, where they inhabited after signing agreements between the Jordanian government and heads of the neighborhood's families in 1956, which is an ongoing and valid right, in light of the existence of the occupation authority.

He also called on respecting the status of properties of the neighborhood's families and their right to them and not to violate them, emphasizing that rights of the families to these properties still exist.

(Petra)