The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to debate the controversial go to to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound by an Israeli minister that has enraged Palestinians.
The 15-member Council will convene at 3:00 pm (2000 GMT) on the United Nations headquarters in New York following a request by the United Arab Emirates and China.
“It is the international community that decides the fate of defending and protecting the historic status quo in Jerusalem in the defense of the Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem,” Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour stated.
“We will not be satisfied with beautiful statements which will be uttered tomorrow in the Security Council. We want them to be implemented in a concrete way,” he added.
There have been fears Tuesday’s go to by Israel’s new nationwide safety minister, firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, may spark a warfare.
Al-Aqsa mosque lies in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and is the third-holiest web site in Islam. It is probably the most sacred place to Jews, who seek advice from it as Temple Mount.
Under a longstanding establishment, non-Muslims can go to the location at particular instances however aren’t allowed to hope there.
In current years, a rising variety of Jews, most of them Israeli nationalists, have covertly prayed on the compound, a improvement decried by Palestinians.
Western governments warned such strikes threaten the delicate association at Jerusalem’s holy websites.
Ben-Gvir’s go to sparked a wave of worldwide condemnation, together with from the United States, a longstanding ally of Israel.
“This is an action of extremism that purports to create a new cycle of violence,” Jordan’s ambassador to the UN Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud stated.
“The Security Council has to take its responsibility seriously and stop such attempts,” he added.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, reiterated Wednesday that the secretary-general “calls on all to refrain from steps that could escalate tensions in and around Jerusalem.”
The UN Security Council has adopted a number of resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian battle through the years and helps the two-state resolution to peace within the Middle East.
