Turkey 1 Pakistan Condemns Israeli Attack on AlAqsa Mosque

11/16/2014 2:14:08 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Islamabad/Ankara November 06 (QNA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has condemned the Israeli military attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Sharif said in a statement Wednesday that Pakistan stands with the Palestinian people and opposes the Israeli brutal practices against them.

He added that Israel is violating the international law and urged the United Nations to take notice of its brutalities against the Palestinians. (QNA)

Turkey Condemns Israeli Attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has harshly condemned the Israeli offensive on Al-Aqsa Mosque calling it "nothing but barbarity to the core." A group of Israeli security forces and a number of Jewish settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday according to Palestinian officials.

Speaking after a briefing at the Turkish intelligence agency MIT Davutoglu stressed that the Israeli aggression must receive a "stern response" and said Turkey always stood by the Palestinians.

"We strongly condemn that 35 people including a group of Israeli deputies forced their way into the Haram al-Sharif site and the fact that Israeli police disregarded the spiritual values and sensitivities surrounding the Al-Aqsa mosque" the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

The statement said that the "ugly incidence constitutes a reckless breach of the holiness of the site as well as basic human rights including in particular the freedoms of belief and worship to be enjoyed by Muslims in the Al-Aqsa." The Turkish premier called on all Muslims to own and protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque saying Jerusalem - or Quds for Muslims – could not be "monopolized by a single religion." "We will also make necessary efforts to ensure that the international community give the most active response against the Israeli aggression" Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted Davutoglu as saying. (QNA)

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