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Ammon News - Jordan on Tuesday condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/ al-Haram al-Sharif compound by Israeli settlers and raising the Israeli flag inside its courtyards under the protection of the Israeli forces.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Sufyan Qudah emphasized that the holy compound, which covers a total area of 144 dunums, is a solely Muslim place of worship, and that the Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department is the body with exclusive jurisdiction to manage all affairs of the compound and organize entry to it.

Qudah reaffirmed that the Jerusalem Endowments Department and the Affairs of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places, has the exclusive jurisdiction to manage the affairs of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in its entirety.