According to Jordan’s state news agency Petra, the meeting brought together members of the Arab ministerial committee tasked with confronting Israeli policies and measures in al-Quds, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and the foreign ministers of Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The ministers discussed developments in al-Quds and its holy sites as they sought to adopt a unified position against Israel’s policies and actions.
Opening the meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned that “Al-Quds is facing an escalating danger” and said its Islamic and Christian holy sites were under an unprecedented threat.
Safadi accused Israel of tightening its control over East al-Quds through settlement construction, land annexation, property confiscation, restrictions on Palestinians and efforts to isolate the city from the rest of the Palestinian territories.
He said the measures were part of a plan targeting the city’s identity, history, present and future, Anadolu Agency reported.
Safadi also accused Israel of violating the sanctity of Islamic and Christian holy sites and restricting freedom of worship for Muslims and Christians.
He said Christian clergy and churches had also come under pressure from extremist attacks and illegal legislation aimed at seizing church property and land.
Safadi said Israeli policies had increasingly targeted Al-Aqsa Mosque, accusing Israel of attempting to undermine its Islamic identity and alter the site’s longstanding historical and legal status quo.
He added that Israel’s measures in al-Quds were part of a broader policy to consolidate its occupation of the West Bank and undermine the two-state solution, which he said remained the only path to a just peace.