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(Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI \/ AFP)\"><\/div><figcaption>Palestinian Muslim worshippers walk near the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem [File: Ahmad Gharabli\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\">Al Jazeera Staff<\/a>, <!-- -->AFP<!-- --> and <!-- -->Anadolu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Arab and Muslim foreign ministers have agreed to establish a permanent mechanism to document and expose Israeli violations in occupied East Jerusalem and at its <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/23\/arab-and-muslim-countries-condemn-israeli-escalation-at-al-aqsa-mosque\">Islamic and Christian holy sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A joint declaration adopted at a meeting in Jordan on Wednesday said plans include a media platform to broadcast Israeli violations against holy sites and worshippers and bring them to the attention of international organisations and the global public.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/23\/more-than-2300-israelis-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-in-jerusalem\">More than 4,200 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/23\/arab-and-muslim-countries-condemn-israeli-escalation-at-al-aqsa-mosque\">Arab and Muslim countries condemn Israeli storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/23\/far-right-israeli-incursion-heightens-tensions-at-al-aqsa-ahead-of-election\">Far-right Israeli incursion heightens tensions at Al-Aqsa ahead of election<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Participants, including members of the Arab ministerial committee on Jerusalem, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and representatives of Turkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia \u2013 called for immediate international action to halt Israeli measures in Jerusalem and at its holy sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aj-third-party-embed-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"consent-gate\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The joint declaration condemned Israeli policies aimed at altering Jerusalem\u2019s Arab, Islamic and Christian identity as well as its legal and demographic status and called them illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJerusalem is in escalating danger, and its Islamic and Christian sanctuaries are threatened as never before,\u201d the statement said. \u201cIsrael is entrenching its illegitimate occupation of East Jerusalem. It is building settlements, annexing lands, confiscating properties, squeezing the Jerusalemites, and severing Jerusalem from the rest of the occupied Palestinian land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ministers denounced Israeli actions at religious sites, including attempts to alter their historical and legal status quo and impose temporal and spatial divisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProvocative Israeli policies are targeting the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque\/Noble Sanctuary, with systematic and unprecedented assaults that are increasing in quantity and quality, and with arrogant insolence, attempting to undermine its Islamic identity and change the historical and legal status quo in the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which in all its area is a place of pure worship for Muslims,\u201d the declaration said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4831675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4831675\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4831675\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/afp_6a7353a1cfe1-1785942945.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Christian pilgrims visit the site of Golgotha (Calvary), the location where according to tradition Jesus Christ was crucified, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the old city of Jerusalem on August 4, 2026.\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4831675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian pilgrims visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified, in the Old City of Jerusalem [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The mechanism aims to bring global attention to increased incursions by Israeli settlers and officials, restrictions on worshippers, interference in the work of the Jerusalem Awqaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, and continued excavations beneath and around the site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The participants also condemned Israeli violations targeting Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, including restrictions on access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, interference in church affairs, restrictions targeting church institutions and properties, and attacks on clergy, worshippers and religious symbols.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristian clergy are suffering from the brutality of extremists, and churches are confronting attempts to seize their funds and lands through illegitimate laws enacted by Israel,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>They called for a joint ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States during the United Nations General Assembly\u2019s high-level leaders week in New York in September to discuss developments in Jerusalem and at its holy sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Palestinian Muslim worshippers walk near the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem [File: Ahmad Gharabli\/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu Published On 5 Aug [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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