Wide condemnation of the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking Palestinian worshipers continue

The Israeli occupation forces’ repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking the Palestinian worshipers have been the source of wide Arab and International condemnation.

Hizbullah, for its part, strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its attacks on worshipers, affirming its full solidarity with the Palestinian people and the resistance parties.

Hizbullah added: “What the occupation forces did is a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the believers and Al-Quds (Jerusalem). It affects all Muslims, Christians and free people in the world, and violates all religious, moral and human values. These practices require denunciation and condemnation from all the honorable and free people of the world.”

The Arab Lawyers Union also condemned the repeated incursions of the Israeli occupation forces into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the brutal attacks on the worshipers.

WAFA news agency quoted the union as saying in a statement today: “The rogue Israeli occupation continues with its repeated criminal acts against worshipers, and its desecration of the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the month of Ramadan, crossing all red lines and provoking the feelings of millions of Muslims all over the world. This requires real international action to protect the rights of the Palestinian people and the Islamic and Christian sanctities inside Al-Quds from the continuous Judaization attempts.

The Union denounced the international silence regarding the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people, calling on the Arab and Islamic countries to take serious steps and firm measures against the occupation in response to its brutal and repeated assault on the worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, including women.

The union commended the sacrifices of the worshipers who are staying steadfast in the mosque to defend it against the continuous incursions of settlers and the Israeli occupation forces. It stressed support for the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people until the liberation of every inch of the land of Palestine and its capital, Al-Quds.

Sheikh Salman Anter, head of the Palestinian national activities in the occupied territories in 1948, noted in a statement that these Zionist racist attacks on Palestinian worshipers, and the desecration of Al-Aqsa courtyards during the month of Ramadan represent an attack on the feelings of millions of Muslims, and a violation of all UN resolutions. He called on the international community to act to take deterrent measures against the occupation entity as to stop its crimes against the Palestinians.

South Africa also condemned the Israeli attacks on worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, calling on the occupation authorities to abide by international laws and human rights and to stop their violations.

South Africa: Al-Aqsa Mosque belongs to the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims

The South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, in a statement reported by WAFA, that the occupation forces’ use of stun grenades and poisonous gas against worshipers is disgraceful, and that these attacks threaten the internationally agreed status quo with regard to Al-Quds and its holy sites. It called for the immediate withdrawal of the occupation forces from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that Al-Aqsa Mosque belongs to the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims, and they do not need permission or approval from the occupation government to enter it or pray in it, stressing the right of Muslim worshipers to pray in peace without fear or intimidation from the occupation forces.

The Foreign Ministry drew attention to South Africa’s commitment to the efforts aimed at finding a settlement to the Palestinian issue that leads to ending the occupation and protecting human rights.

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The European Union expressed its dissatisfaction with the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, calling for preserving the legal status of the holy places.

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said that the European Union is closely following the course of events in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In the same contyext, Algeria condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and assaulting worshipers and those who are performing I’tikaf (religious rituals), calling on the international community to assume its responsibilities to put an end to these criminal practices, which constitute a dangerous escalation and incite the feelings of all Muslims.

Levant Scholars’ Union: The Israeli raids on Al Aqsa Mosque violate all laws and human values

Levant Scholars’ Union condemned the Israeli aggression on Al Aqsa Mosque, stressing that this aggression contradicts all divine laws as well as human moral values, stressing that this aggression is being carried out amid the double standard policy adopted by the so-called International community.

The Union said in a statement reported by SANA today: “The world has witnessed this barbarism committed by the occupation soldiers against worshipers inside the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque in violation of all divine laws and human and moral values. These violations continue from time to time without accountability”.

The Algerian presidency said in a statement issued on Thursday: “These brutal criminal practices represent a blatant encroachment on the holy places and a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms.” It reaffirmed its firm position in support of the just Palestinian cause and the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with Al-Quds (Jerusalem)as its capital.

Jordan, in turn, warned of the continuation of the Israeli occupation forces’ attacks on the Palestinians and attempts to change the historical and legal status quo in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing that these attacks represent a dangerous escalation and a condemned and rejected violation of international law.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry stressed, according to Petra Agency, that Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its entire area of 144 dunums, is a pure place of worship for Muslims, calling on the international community to assume its responsibilities and take immediate action to stop the occupation’s attacks on Al-Aqsa. It confirmed the right of Palestinians to perform their religious rituals.

The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque, assaulting worshipers, and detaining a number of them.

According to the Emirates News Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in a statement, reaffirmed the urgency to provide full protection for Al-Aqsa Mosque, and to stop serious and provocative violations in it. It called on the occupation authorities to stop the escalation and not take steps to exacerbate tension and instability in the region.

The statement affirmed the UAE’s rejection of all practices that violate international legitimacy resolutions and threaten further escalation. It stressed the importance of supporting all regional and international efforts to advance the peace process in the Middle East, as well as putting an end to illegal practices that threaten reaching a two-state solution and establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with Al-Quds as its capital.

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his shock and astonishment at the Israeli occupation forces’ attacks on Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency quoted Stephane Dujarric, Guterres’ spokesman, as saying: “The Secretary-General is shocked and stunned by the scenes of violence and beatings by Israeli forces he saw this morning inside Al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Quds, which took place during a sacred period.”

Iraq, in turn, expressed its rejection of the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the accompanying barbaric and savage attack on the worshipers.

In a statement issued by the Media Office of the Prime Minister, Iraq called on the international community to deter these heinous acts, and international organizations to have a clear position on these blatant violations against the brotherly Palestinian people.

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