Amir calls for immediate halt to attacks by Israeli forces in Al-Aqsa Mosque

His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday received a phone call from HM King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the sisterly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. During the phone call, HH the Amir and the Jordan King reviewed the latest developments in occupied Palestine and the dangerous escalation in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

HH the Amir stressed the need to immediately stop the attacks and provocative practices of the Israeli occupation forces against worshippers and defenceless civilians in the mosque.

HH the Amir reiterated Qatar’s firm position on the justice of the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, including the full right to practice their religious rites without restrictions and the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.