Khaberni - The head of the Union and Reform parliamentary bloc, Deputy Captain Zuhair Mohammed Al-Khashman, said that the continuation of the Israeli occupation authorities' closure of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque for the eighth consecutive day, preventing worshippers from entering and performing prayers there, including the prevention of Friday prayers, can only be described as an organized political and religious aggression, a significant coup on the historical and legal status in occupied Jerusalem, and a systematic provocation of the feelings of the entire Arab and Muslim nation.
Al-Khashman emphasized that what is happening in Al-Aqsa Mosque is not a temporary security measure as the occupation tries to market it, but it is part of a gradual project to impose sovereignty by force on the sanctities, to consecrate a new Judaization reality, to undermine the powers of the Islamic Waqfs, and to break the political and religious will of the nation in Jerusalem, in the midst of an occupation government that pushes the entire region toward explosion, and deals with international law as merely a text with no value or effect. The continuation of this approach represents an undermining of the historical existing situation in the sanctuary, amid recent warnings and reports about the erosion of this situation originally in the past months.
He added that closing Al-Aqsa during Ramadan, and depriving worshippers of accessing it, is not only an assault on the freedom of worship, but it is a political aggressive message indicating that the occupation is continuing to test the boundaries of Arab, Islamic and international response, and measuring the extent of possible silence in the face of aggression on the most sacred Muslim sanctities in Jerusalem. He said that the danger of the crime itself is the world's acclimatization to it, for silence on the violation of sanctities opens the door to more extremism, arrogance, and aggression.
Al-Khashman stressed that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is not a negotiable file, nor a field for testing strength, nor a card in the hands of extremists in the occupation government, but it is a fixed religious, historical, and legal right that does not fall by closure, invasions, or restrictive measures. Any attempt to impose new realities in Jerusalem will remain void politically, legally, and morally, and will not grant the occupation legitimacy on the ground nor in history.
Al-Khashman stated that the Union and Reform parliamentary bloc sees that the international community stands today in front of a real moral and legal test: either to shoulder its responsibilities towards an occupied city and sanctities being blatantly violated, or to prove once again that international standards are applied selectively and disgracefully, and that talk about freedom of worship and human rights stops when it comes to Palestine and Jerusalem. He added that settling for statements of concern is no longer acceptable, and that a political, legal, and diplomatic stance is required that pressures the occupation to stop these violations immediately.
Al-Khashman assured that Jordan, led by His Majesty King Abdullah II, continues its historical and steadfast role in defending Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sanctities, and that the Hashemite custodianship will remain the line of political, legal, and moral defense of the city's identity and of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the face of all attempts of Judaization, change, and undermining of the entrenched Arab and Islamic rights in Jerusalem. The role of the Jordanian Islamic Waqfs in managing the affairs of the mosque is ongoing and recognized in the official Jordanian context.
Al-Khashman concluded by saying:
"The closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque for the eighth day is not just a transient violation, but it is a clear aggression on the faith, identity, right, and history. We clearly say: Jerusalem is not forsaken, and Al-Aqsa is not alone, and any attempt to impose a new de facto by force is playing with fire, and a political and religious crime that will grant the occupation only more isolation and condemnation. What is happening today necessitates an Arab and Islamic stance that matches the seriousness of the crime, because indulgence in silence is as dangerous as the aggression itself."
