i24 News – “Israel has no sovereignty over the holy sites in Jerusalem,” Jordan’s foreign minister said in response to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s comments on the Har Habayis. “This is occupied Palestinian land,” Ayman Safadi said in an interview with a Jordanian daily.
“Israel has no sovereignty over the Al Aqsa Mosque – it is a Muslim place of worship, only the Jordanian Waqf has full authority over the management of the compound,” the minister argued.
Safadi, however, expressed hope for a return to calm, saying that “the way forward is to respect the status quo.”
He accused the Jewish state of “making difficult all Waqf measures to maintain security in Al Aqsa Mosque and interfering with the duties of members of the organization. The Waqf office has appointed dozens of new workers at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, but Israel is putting obstacles in their way.”
A month and a half ago, a request from Jordan was rejected to increase the number of Waqf guards on the Temple Mount by about 50, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Tuesday.
It has also been reported that over the past few weeks, six Hamas-backed Waqf guards were removed from the Temple Mount.
“There is no change or new development in the situation on the Temple Mount – Israel’s sovereignty is preserved,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
“All decisions regarding the Temple Mount will be made by the Israeli government out of considerations of sovereignty, freedom of religion and security, and not under the pressure of foreign or political factors,” he said.
The Jordanian minister made the remarks on the eve of Friday’s meeting at the White House between King Abdullah and US President Joe Biden, with the issue of Jerusalem expected to be one of the main topics of the meeting.
Who is he? After the 6 day war the Israeli government graciously, as a good will gesture, gave the overall oversight of al aqsa to Jordan. Check the facts! Bennet wasn’t even born yet! What’s this yukkel talking about?
The Palestinian problem belongs to the Jordanians.
Will someone please tell this fool that in 1967 Israel begged Jordan to stay out of the war. They didn’t listen and b”h they lost the war. Israel took over Jerusalem and the West bank. The only reason the waqf has any say is because Moshe Dayan refused the keys to the buildings on har habayis when the waqf gave it to him. So they should be told to go fly a kite
since EY was promised to us in the torah, which was written many, many years before there was a country of which he claims to be foreign minister, he has not right to any opinion whatsoever
In my Torah it is also says that we were sent out of EY and the Jewish kingdom was destroyed because our sins. The only way to get back our promised land is through Teshuva and the coming of Moshiach Bimhera Biyamenu
“Israel has no sovereignty over the Al Aqsa Mosque – it is a Muslim place of worship, only the Jordanian Waqf has full authority over the management of the compound,”
He is semi correct about this. The Jordan -Israel peace deal did give the Jordanian Waqf authority over the management of the Har HaBayis. Israel agreed that the day-to-day administration and organization of visiting and worshipping on the Har Habayis and Al-Aqsa Mosque would be under the control of the Jordanian Waqf, BUT it would be subject to Israeli security supervision and presence
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You are right BUT…. this is claiming rights over all holy sites: he means even the kosel, kever Rachel etc. He is dead wrong!
It’s the Zionist, not Jewish, State.
Whether it’s Zionist or not , it’s a Jewish state. Maybe you need a speech therapist.