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The Awqaf Ministry on Monday said that appointing guards and employees at the Al Aqsa Mosque and Al Haram Al Sharif is within its mandate in coordination with the Islamic Awqaf Department in Jerusalem, and it doesn't accept any participation or dictation from any party, including the Israeli occupation government.

Commenting on recent reports circulated by media outlets on the Israeli government's approval of a Jordanian request to increase the number of Al-Aqsa Mosque guards at the Al Haram Al Sharif, a ministry official source said the ministry has appointed more than 70 guards since 2016, but measures and restrictions placed by the Israeli police on the ground constitute an obstacle that prevents the guards and employees from joining their work.

The source also affirmed that the ministry, through the Islamic Awqaf Department in Jerusalem, is continuing its efforts and procedures despite all obstacles, and its position is firm that it is the only body charged with implementing the Hashemite custodianship over Islamic and Christian holy sites and endowments and consolidating the historical and legal status quo, and that the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque is a pure right of Muslims in which no one shares them.