IQI: Recent attacks on al-Aqsa more dangerous than burning it 43 years ago

IQI: Recent attacks on al-Aqsa more dangerous than burning it 43 years ago
 

BEIRUT, (PIC)-- The International Quds Institution (IQI) said the recent Israeli attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque are more dangerous than burning it 43 years ago, especially as it is exposed to the fiercest judaization campaign in preparation to destroy it and build the alleged temple in its place.

In a statement issued on the forty-third anniversary of burning al-Aqsa mosque by a Jewish extremist, the institution called for "supporting the mosque against the Israeli persistent violations and addressing the risk of judaizing it."

It stressed that al-Aqsa needs to be politically supported and defended by Arab countries which must take a serious and decisive stand, especially after the Arab revolutions, to put an end to Israeli arrogance and attempts to divide al-Aqsa Mosque.

Quds Institution reminded of other Israeli attacks against al-Aqsa such as surrounding it with synagogues and Jewish centers, allowing foreigners to enter the mosque and violate its sanctity under the name of foreign tourism, and establishing settlements around it.

For its part, the resistance committees and its military wing Nasser Saladin Brigades called for launching a new phase of work and struggle to liberate Jerusalem from the Israeli occupation on the anniversary of the international Jerusalem Day.

Resistance committees said in a statement on Friday that the ongoing Israeli Judaizing processes, including digging tunnels under al-Aqsa Mosque and surrounding it with skyscrapers and synagogues, will not change the fact that Jerusalem belongs to Muslims.

The resistance faction called on Arab and Islamic nation to firmly confront the risks facing the city of Jerusalem, and demanded the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold an urgent summit and to take practical steps to support the city against the Zionist plans.

In another context, the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said: "More than two hundred thousand worshipers headed to al-Aqsa mosque to perform Friday prayers, most of them from the city of Jerusalem and from Palestinian hinterland and a limited number of worshipers from the West Bank.

The Foundation praised the Palestinians who headed to al-Aqsa Mosque in thousands throughout the month of Ramadan and called on them to continue flocking to the Mosque even after the end of the month of Ramadan to defend it.