According to a report by Times of Israel, on October 14, 2025, Jordan has strongly denounced the repeated incursion by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, Ben-Gvir entered the holy site for the second time in a week under heavy police protection, according to Jerusalem’s Islamic Endowments Directorate.
In a statement, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry condemned the incursions by Ben-Gvir and Israeli settlers as “a flagrant violation of the existing legal and historical status of Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
The ministry emphasized that “Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied city of Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites.”
Fuad al-Majali, spokesman for Jordan’s Foreign Ministry, urged Israel, as an occupying power, “to halt these violations and all provocative measures that constitute a continuation of the Israeli government’s racist policy aimed at perpetuating its dangerous escalation and unilateral, illegitimate, and illegal measures in the occupied West Bank and the violation of the sanctity of Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.”
Jordan holds custodianship over Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and is committed to safeguarding the religious rights of those communities.
This role places Jordan at the center of efforts to maintain peace and protect the sanctity of sites considered sacred by millions.
Ben-Gvir’s actions have reignited tensions around the sensitive issue of Jerusalem’s holy places, which have long been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
These recent events underscore the fragile state of peace around one of the region’s most contested religious locations. See, More, Here>>>
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