Numerous Arab and Muslim countries demanded this Wednesday that the UN Security Council act during a meeting this Thursday to condemn the visit of an Israeli minister to the esplanade of the East Jerusalem Mosques, causing an international outcry.
“Throughout the world it is said that the international community decides the fate of the two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians, the Palestinian representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, said in statements to the press.
“It is up to her to decide to defend and protect the historical status quo in Jerusalem and (its) Muslim and Christian sites,” he added, surrounded by dozens of ambassadors from Arab and Muslim states.
“We want this behavior (in front of) the Al-Aqsa Mosque to never happen again and we want a guarantee to honor and respect the status quo (in Jerusalem’s holy sites) with deeds and not just words,” he said. hammered the Palestinian diplomat.
Fear of a new cycle of violence
Riyad Mansour and his Arab and Muslim counterparts at the United Nations held a preparatory meeting on Wednesday with the acting President of the Security Council, Japanese Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane, who will chair a Council meeting on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. to discuss the ” situation in the Middle East, in particular the Palestinian question”.
Figure of the Israeli extreme right and new Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir made a brief visit on Tuesday to this esplanade of the Mosques, raising a wave of international condemnation, including from the United States, a historical ally of ‘Israel.
Jordan’s ambassador to the UN, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud, called the “incursion” an “extremist act likely to create a new cycle of violence.”
“The Security Council must take its responsibilities seriously and put an end to these kinds of attempts,” the Jordanian diplomat threatened, recalling that his neighbor “Israel promised to respect the legal and historical status quo and international law.”
Source: BFM TV
