Al Aqsa Burns( Part II)

On Jan 18, 2023

The Al-Aqsa Mosque fire came within the framework of a series of measures taken by the Israeli occupation since 1948 with the aim of obliterating the Islamic civilizational identity of the city of Jerusalem. At the time when one of the extremists tried to burn Al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israel claimed that the fire was due to an electrical fault, and after the Arab engineers proved that it was done by an active act, it stated that an Australian young man was responsible for the fire and that it would bring him to trial, and it was not long before Israel claimed that this young man was insane and then released him. The fire actually broke out and almost reached the dome of the mosque had it not been for the desperation of Muslims and Christians in the extinguishing operations that took place against the will of the Israeli authorities.However the fire reached the pulpit of Salah al-Din and the roof of the southern mosque and the roof of three corridors from the eastern side caught fire.Most countries of the world condemned this fire, and the Security Council met and issued Resolution No. 271 of 1969 with a majority of 11 votes, with 4 abstentions, including the United States of America, which condemned Israel and called on it to cancel all measures that would change the status of Jerusalem.The resolution stated, “The Security Council expresses its sorrow over the severe damage caused by the fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque on 21/8/1969 under the Israeli military occupation, and is aware of the loss incurred by human culture as a result of this damage.”

The UN Security Council statement recalled the decisions of the United Nations General Assembly regarding the invalidity of Israel’s actions affecting the status of the city of Jerusalem, and affirmed the principle of non-acceptance of the acquisition of land by military invasion, and stipulated that “any destruction or desecration of holy places, buildings or religious sites in Jerusalem, or Any encouragement or complicity to do such an act could seriously threaten international peace and security.”The Council added that the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque confirms the urgent need to prevent Israel from violating the resolutions that the Council and the General Assembly had issued regarding Jerusalem, and to nullify all the actions and measures it took to change the status of the Holy City.

Anger prevailed in the Arab and Islamic countries, and the leaders of these countries met in Rabat on September 25, 1969 and decided to establish the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which at that time included 30 Arab and Islamic countries,.TheJerusalem Fund was established in 1976.Then, in the following year, the Jerusalem Committee was established under the chairmanship of the late Moroccan King Hassan II to preserve the city of Jerusalem and its Islamic sanctities against the Judaization operations practiced by the Israeli occupation authorities.

Reem Haddad

Editor-in – Chief

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