Doha: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the National Security Minister in the government of the Israeli occupation and settlers, considering it a flagrant breach of international law and a provocation to the sentiments of Muslims worldwide.

According to Qatar News Agency, in a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned against the persistence of such violations against the Palestinian people and their Islamic and Christian sacred sites. These violations, the Ministry said, would consequently expand the cycle of violence in the region, while stressing at the same time the need for the international community to assume its moral and legal responsibilities toward Jerusalem and its holy sites.

The Ministry reiterated the State of Qatar’s firm position in support of the just Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, including the full right to practice their religious rites without restriction and to establish their independent state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.