Tarek Chouiref<\/p>\n
April 07, 2026\u2022Update: April 07, 2026<\/p>\n
Arab countries and Palestinian groups condemned far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir\u2019s storming Monday of Jerusalem\u2019s Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n
The reactions came after the Islamic Endowments Directorate in Jerusalem said that Ben-Gvir entered the mosque compound through the Moroccan Gate and toured its courtyards.<\/p>\n
Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry condemned the move as \u201ca flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and a provocation to Muslims around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
It reaffirmed its rejection of attempts to alter the historical and legal status of Al-Aqsa Mosque and called on the international community to confront repeated Israeli violations in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
Jordan also condemned the storming, calling it \u201ca flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law,\u201d an unacceptable provocation, and a violation of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n
Jordan\u2019s Foreign Ministry accused Israel, \u201cas the occupying power in occupied Jerusalem,\u201d of seeking to impose a temporal and spatial division at the site while also condemning the continued closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshippers.<\/p>\n
Palestine\u2019s Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs described Ben-Gvir\u2019s storming of the mosque as a \u201cblatant assault,\u201d saying it came while Israeli authorities continue to bar Muslim worshippers from entering the site.<\/p>\n
The ministry said repeated incursions by ministers in Israel\u2019s far-right government amounted to \u201can assault on a religious site belonging exclusively to Muslims\u201d and called for urgent Arab, Islamic and international action to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque.<\/p>\n
The Palestinian resistance group Hamas, for its part, said Ben-Gvir\u2019s latest move reflected Israel\u2019s determination to impose a policy of Judaization and full control over the mosque compound.<\/p>\n
Abdul Rahman Shadid, a leader in Hamas, said the storming, carried out while Al-Aqsa Mosque has remained closed to Muslims for more than a month, represented \u201cthe most dangerous organized occupation policy\u201d against the site.<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities kept Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed for the 38th consecutive day, citing the \u201cstate of emergency\u201d declared since the start of the US-Israeli attack on Iran on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarek Chouiref April 07, 2026\u2022Update: April 07, 2026 Arab countries and Palestinian groups condemned far-right Israeli National Security…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-378844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}