Yesterday, representatives and consuls of the European Union visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, and a European delegation led by the representative of the European Union in the Palestinian territories, Sven Burgsdorf, met with officials from the Department of Islamic Endowments. the position of the European Union on the need to maintain the legal and historical status quo in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and respect for the Jordanian guardianship of Islamic gifts and shrines in the city of Jerusalem.
He added: “The visit is also aimed at avoiding any action that could escalate the situation in Jerusalem and the rest of the Palestinian territories.”
Yesterday Israeli police detained Ghassan al-Majali, the Jordanian ambassador to Tel Aviv, and prevented him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In addition, dozens of Palestinians were injured yesterday in violent clashes with Israeli forces during a settler assault on the “Tomb of Joseph” in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
More than 30 vehicles, escorted by a military bulldozer, entered eastern Nablus from the Beit Furik checkpoint and drove into the streets surrounding Joseph’s tomb in preparation for the arrival of settlers.
Violent clashes erupted, centered on Al-Hisba and Amman streets, during which youths fired stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli army patrols, and dozens of civilians were suffocated with tear gas.
