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Türkiye Rebukes Ben-Gvir's Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque
(MENAFN) Türkiye on Tuesday issued a sweeping condemnation of far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's forcible entry into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, denouncing the incursion as an intolerable assault on the historical and legal status of one of Islam's most sacred sites.
"We strongly condemn the incursion by an Israeli minister into Al-Aqsa Mosque," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.
The ministry declared that violations and provocations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government targeting the historical and legal identity of Al-Aqsa Mosque — a holy site it described as belonging exclusively to Muslims — were wholly unacceptable. Ankara further stressed that safeguarding Al-Aqsa's accessibility for Muslim worshippers and dismantling all restrictions obstructing freedom of worship at holy sites across occupied East Jerusalem constitute a binding collective responsibility of the international community.
Ben-Gvir carried out Monday's storming of the East Jerusalem compound in what has become a recurring flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian tensions and a lightning rod for regional condemnation.
The provocation comes as Israeli authorities entered their 38th consecutive day of keeping both Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre shuttered — a lockdown justified by officials under a "state of emergency" declared at the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran on February 28, a conflict that has since reverberated across the broader region and deepened tensions at some of the world's most contested religious sites.
"We strongly condemn the incursion by an Israeli minister into Al-Aqsa Mosque," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.
The ministry declared that violations and provocations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government targeting the historical and legal identity of Al-Aqsa Mosque — a holy site it described as belonging exclusively to Muslims — were wholly unacceptable. Ankara further stressed that safeguarding Al-Aqsa's accessibility for Muslim worshippers and dismantling all restrictions obstructing freedom of worship at holy sites across occupied East Jerusalem constitute a binding collective responsibility of the international community.
Ben-Gvir carried out Monday's storming of the East Jerusalem compound in what has become a recurring flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian tensions and a lightning rod for regional condemnation.
The provocation comes as Israeli authorities entered their 38th consecutive day of keeping both Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre shuttered — a lockdown justified by officials under a "state of emergency" declared at the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran on February 28, a conflict that has since reverberated across the broader region and deepened tensions at some of the world's most contested religious sites.
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