AMMAN —
The Awqaf Ministry said appointing guards and employees at the Al-Aqsa Mosque
and Al Haram Al Sharif is a Jordanian prerogative under the ministry’s mandate,
the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
It said the
ministry asserted that the mandate was in collaboration with the Islamic Awqaf
Department in occupied Jerusalem.
The ministry
emphasized that it doesn’t ‘’accept any participation or dictation from any
party,’’ including the Israeli occupation government, according to Petra.
Jordan’s position
is firm, the ministry quoted one of its sources as saying.
The Kingdom is the
only side charged with implementing the Hashemite custodianship over
Islamic and Christian holy sites and endowments in occupied Jerusalem, according to the
unidentified source, Petra said.
The source
insisted that Jordan has been working to consolidate the historic and legal
status quo over the holy shrines in Jerusalem, and that the Al-Aqsa ‘’is purely
the right of Muslims, which nobody can share.’’
Commenting on
media reports on the Israeli government’s approval of a Jordanian request to
increase the number of guards at Al-Aqsa and Al Haram Al Sharif, the source
said Jordan independently appointed at least 70 guards since 2016.
However, the
source maintained that restrictive measures by Israeli police in the area posed
an ‘’obstacle’’, which is preventing guards and employees from arriving at
their workplace.
The source
affirmed that the ministry, through the Islamic Awqaf Department in Jerusalem,
is carrying out its duties, despite the obstacles.
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