 "Jordan warns Israel against Al-Aqsa mosque restrictions during Ramadan")
Ayman Safadi, the foreign minister of Jordan, stated on Monday that Israel’s limitations on Muslim pilgrims’ access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan were driving the situation closer to a “explosion.”
Speaking on official media, Safadi stated that his nation, which is in charge of the holy site, disagreed with Israel’s declared decision to restrict entry during Ramadan, citing the necessity for security given the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
“We warn that desecrating the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque is playing with fire,” Safadi said in a joint news conference with the Vatican’s foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher.
The site is home to the most revered location for Jews, known as Temple Mount, and is also the location of the third-holiest shrine in Islam. It has historically been a hotbed of conflict.
Jordan shares the Palestinian perspective that restricting Muslim worshippers further violates their right to freedom of worship, given that they are already confronting famine and conflict in Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the amount of people admitted would be comparable to the previous year following the recent remarks made by hard-right Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir expressing his desire for stricter regulations.
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More Shorts“Not allowing worshippers to perform their religious duties and their rituals in this holy month and restricting freedom to enter the Aqsa mosque, all that pushes torwards an explosive situation which is what we are warning about,” Safadi added.
“The West Bank is boiling,” Safadi added.
Since the Gaza War, there has been an increase in conflicts in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, resulting in the deaths of almost 400 Palestinians in fights with Israeli security forces or Jewish settlers.
The area that Israel erected settlements on after capturing Arab forces during a 1967 war is considered unlawful by the majority of foreign powers.
According to Safadi, Israel was using food as a weapon of war against the Palestinians in the enclave, and the holy month of Ramadan coincided with their starvation.
“Ramadan comes with Gaza bombed by Israel and women unable to find food for their children and five months that have passed with the world failing to preserve human digintiy,” Safadi said.
The world is becoming more and more alarmed about Israel’s unrelenting campaign in Gaza as the possibility of starvation grows and could add to the already alarming toll of over 31,000 deaths.
Israel disputes that it is committing acts of war on civilians or causing the greater hunger.
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