Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (C) speaks during a joint press conference following the emergency meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee in charge of international action to confront illegal Israeli policies and measures in Jerusalem, which is held in Amman, Jordan, on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
AMMAN, April 21 (Xinhua) -- An Arab ministerial committee on Thursday slammed Israel's practices in Jerusalem as "blatant provocation," calling on the international community to stop such acts.
The Arab ministerial committee in charge of international action to confront illegal Israeli policies and measures in Jerusalem convened an emergency meeting in Amman, condemning the Israeli attacks against worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which resulted in the injuries and detentions of hundreds of worshippers, and damages to the facilities of the holy site.
The committee warned that these assaults represent a blatant provocation to the feelings of Muslims, undermine the freedom of worship, and could fuel violence and threaten regional and global security and stability.
The committee also expressed its full support for the Palestinian people, mainly their legitimate rights based on the two-state solution, in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
The committee voiced rejection of all Israeli illegal practices to change the legal and historical status quo of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and any attempts to impose spatial and temporal division at the mosque.
The committee, chaired by Jordan, includes Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and the Secretary-General of the Arab League.
The tension between Israel and the Palestinians has flared up in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past few weeks when the Jewish festival of Passover overlaps with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is a site holy to both Muslims and Jews, the latter of whom call it the Temple Mount. ■
Photo taken on April 21, 2022 shows the emergency meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee in charge of international action to confront illegal Israeli policies and measures in Jerusalem, which is held in Amman, Jordan. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit speaks during a joint press conference following the emergency meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee in charge of international action to confront illegal Israeli policies and measures in Jerusalem, which is held in Amman, Jordan, on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki speaks during a joint press conference following the emergency meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee in charge of international action to confront illegal Israeli policies and measures in Jerusalem, which is held in Amman, Jordan, on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
