The Council of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places in Jerusalem called on King Abdullah II of Jordan to intervene directly to stop the dangerous situation that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is going through, and to take the necessary measures to pressure the occupation government not to infringe on the right of Muslims in Al-Aqsa and its environs.

The Endowments Council said today, in a statement, a copy of which was received by the Beit Al-Maqdis Agency, that it is following with great seriousness the excavations and suspicious and mysterious works that the Israeli Antiquities Authority and the Elad Settlement Association have been carrying out for some time in the vicinity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially from the southern and western sides in the areas of the Buraq Wall and the Umayyad Palaces. .

The Endowments Council added that it observed a group of workers emptying dirt and making holes in the walls adjacent to the southern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, using bulldozers and large drilling machines operating with suspicious speed.

“Observers have monitored ongoing crushing operations for months of important archaeological stones, which are transformed into small stones with the aim of concealing their impact and removing them as ‘slave’, by excavation workers affiliated with settlement associations,” according to the statement.

The Endowments Council warns against continuing to tamper with, vandalize, and change the historical and religious monuments of these historical endowment sites, and demands the immediate cessation of these suspicious excavations in the vicinity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Emphasizing that Al-Buraq Square and Wall and the Umayyad Palaces area are a true Islamic endowment and are an extension of the mosque to Al-Aqsa Al-Mubarak as an Islamic mosque with a full area of 144 dunums and it is the exclusive property of Muslims alone.

The Council stressed the need to adhere to international resolutions and resolutions issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), especially the resolution adopted by UNESCO on October 18, 2016, which proves that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is a pure place of worship for Muslims alone.