Egypt condemns Israeli storming of Aqsa Mosque

Egypt has condemned storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by a group of Israeli extremists led by a Knesset member under the protection of Israeli police troops. This new episode of escalating measures would provoke the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world, which would only increase tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Egypt called on the Israeli authorities to immediately halt these escalating practices that constitute a flagrant violation of the legal status of the Old City and its sanctuaries. Egypt also reiterated its call on all influential international parties to live up to their responsibility for protecting Palestinians' holy sites and defending the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, topped by the right to self-determination and establishing their independent state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Source: State Information Service Egypt