AMMAN — Jordan's permanent
representative to the UN, Mahmoud Hmoud, said on Wednesday that Israel “is
pushing for a religious conflict that will have serious consequences for the
entire region”, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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Israel continues to provoke the
feelings of a billion Muslims by desecrating the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque” and
preventing access to the site, Hmoud said, criticizing Israeli forces for
blocking Jordan’s envoy to Tel Aviv from accessing the complex on Tuesday.
Speaking during an open session of the UN
Security Council, Hmoud also made reference to far-right
Israeli Minister
Itamar Ben-Gvir and his recent storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque — a "condemnable
and dangerous" development and “a push towards conflict, violence, and
instability”.
Condemning Israeli violence, subversive
actsLooking back, the envoy recalled 2022 as
one of the "bloodiest" years for Palestinians after the occupied West
Bank witnessed repeated escalations of violence, including many killings by
Israeli soldiers. Israeli actions, he said, “push the
Middle East towards
violence and deprive people of their right to peace”.
Israeli actions, he said, “push the Middle East towards violence and deprive people of their right to peace”.
"Israel continues to displace
residents from their homes — including in Jerusalem,” he said, noting that such
aggressions represent an attempt “to change the identity of the city, which
constitutes a war crime and a violation of international law.”
Hmoud also
denounced Israel’s
"punitive measures" towards Palestinians, urging the UN Security
Council to uphold international law and halt illegal Israeli measures in
Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Jordan, he said, will continue to support
Palestinians in establishing an independent and sovereign state according to
the June 4, 1967 borders.
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