Arab and Muslim foreign ministers have agreed to establish a permanent mechanism to document and expose Israeli violations in occupied East Jerusalem and at its Islamic and Christian holy sites, according to a joint declaration adopted after a ministerial meeting in Jordan.
The declaration, issued after the meeting in the Jordanian capital Amman on Wednesday, said the mechanism would include a media platform to document Israeli violations against holy sites and worshippers and bring them to the attention of international organisations and the global public.
The participants, including members of the Arab Ministerial Committee on Jerusalem and representatives of Türkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia, also called for immediate international action to halt Israeli measures in occupied East Jerusalem and at its holy sites.
The declaration condemned Israeli policies and measures aimed at altering East Jerusalem’s Arab, Islamic and Christian identity, as well as its legal and demographic status, describing them as null and void and a violation of international law.
It reaffirmed that East Jerusalem is part of the occupied Palestinian territory and that Israel has no sovereignty over it.
The declaration reiterated that East Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine and said establishing a Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967, borders, living alongside Israel under a two-state solution, remains the only path to a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.
The ministers also condemned Israeli violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, including attempts to alter its historical and legal status quo and impose temporal and spatial divisions.
They also denounced increased incursions by extremist settlers and Israeli officials, restrictions on worshippers, interference in the work of the Jerusalem Awqaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, and continued excavations beneath and around the site.
