Amman, Jan. 2 (Petra)-- The Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs has strongly condemned Israel’s decision, as the occupying power, to revoke the planning and construction authorities of the Hebron Municipality at the Ibrahimi Mosque and to unilaterally approve a project to roof the mosque’s courtyard, describing the move as a blatant violation of international law, international humanitarian law, and the historical and legal status quo.

The ministry’s official spokesperson, Ambassador Fouad Al-Majali, affirmed Jordan’s absolute rejection and severe condemnation of Israel’s continued illegal unilateral measures in the occupied West Bank, most recently those targeting the Ibrahimi Mosque.

He stressed that these actions constitute clear violations of international law, the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, relevant United Nations resolutions, and in particular UNESCO’s 2017 decision to inscribe Hebron’s Old City and the Ibrahimi Mosque on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

Al-Majali called on the international community to shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities by compelling Israel, as the occupying power, to halt its illegal measures in the occupied Palestinian territory, to protect the cultural and religious heritage of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and to preserve its outstanding universal value, which is under threat due to Israeli actions.

He emphasized that there can be no path to achieving security and a just and comprehensive peace without fulfilling the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent, sovereign state on the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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