Jordan lambasts Israel over allowing Jews to break into Al-Aqsa Masjid

Jordanian officials have denounced Israeli government’s decision to allow 230 radical Jews to break into Al-Aqsa Masjid on Sunday.

The radicals were celebrating the Jewish festival and others were filmed drunk and brandishing a wine bottle outside one of the masjid’s gates.

Daifallah Al-Fayez, a spokesman from Jordanian Foreign Ministry, said that Israeli police allowed hundreds of radicals to enter into Al-Aqsa Masjid without coordination with Jordanian endowment officials.

The Jordanian spokesman called the Israeli action a “stark violation” of the historic and legal status quo as well as a violation of international law and commitments made by Israel.

Al-Fayez stressed that the Jerusalem Waqf department is the only legal party responsible for the management of the masjid, including deciding who can enter.