August 7, 2026<\/p>\n
JAKARTA \u2013 Indonesia has called on Muslim-majority and Global South countries to stand together in protecting Jerusalem\u2019s holy sites, as representatives from across the Islamic world gathered in Jordan on Wednesday amid escalating Israeli incursions in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
Representing Indonesia in the emergency meeting in Amman, Second Deputy Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir told foreign ministers from 13 Arab and Muslim countries that a fragmented international response and continued tolerance of Israeli violations have enabled Tel Aviv to act with impunity in Jerusalem. He said such divisions have become increasingly untenable amid the Middle East\u2019s rapidly changing political landscape.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndonesia urges the international community to move beyond old methods. [We should] stop tolerating Israeli violations and cease addressing the issue in a fragmented manner. Disunity creates a gap that Israel consistently exploits,\u201d Arrmanatha said, as quoted from a press release from his office.<\/p>\n
He proposed for stronger enforcement of international law and International Court of Justice rulings, broader recognition of Palestine, protection of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and support for Gaza\u2019s reconstruction and the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Global South stands with us [Muslim countries],\u201d Arrmanatha said, arguing that the Palestinian cause extends beyond the Muslim world.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven nations traditionally close to Israel have imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting hosted by Jordan in Amman came less than two weeks after Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on July 23 alongside thousands of Israeli visitors under heavy police protection.<\/p>\n
Jordan has served as custodian of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem since 1924, with a special role in administering Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam\u2019s third-holiest site, under the longstanding status quo regulating access, worship and religious administration.<\/p>\n
Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi described Israeli incursions as one of the gravest breaches of the status quo, as reported by Jordan Times.<\/p>\n
He also accused Israel of having increasingly adopted provocative measures at the city\u2019s holy sites as part of a broader effort to undermine Palestinian statehood and warned that such a strategy risked turning a political conflict into a religious one.<\/p>\n
The shared sense of urgency shaped the talks in Amman, with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy warning that current trajectory risks recasting the Palestinian conflict as a religious confrontation.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Israel\u2019s] first target is Jerusalem, because of its spiritual value and symbolism for everyone,\u201d Fahmy said, as quoted by Arab News.<\/p>\n
The talks concluded with a joint statement committing participating countries to coordinate international action, establishing a mechanism to document alleged Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem and at its holy sites and reconvening during the UN General Assembly in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 7, 2026 JAKARTA \u2013 Indonesia has called on Muslim-majority and Global South countries to stand together in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-577263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577263","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=577263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}