Image by israel government

A Jordanian government minister condemned Israel’s construction of a new prayer space south of the existing Western Wall Plaza.

Jordan’s State Minister for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani on Monday called the construction of a platform in the area for egalitarian prayer “a blatant attack on the Muslim monuments and Wakf land which is an integral part of the Al-Aksa Mosque,” the Petra News Agency reported. The Al Aksa Mosque is located on the Temple Mount

Momani called on “Israeli occupation authorities to remove the stage and the damage it caused as soon as possible.”

Forwarding the News

Thoughtful, balanced reporting from the Forward and around the web, bringing you updated news and analysis each day.

Terms(Required)

I agree to the Forward's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Email(Required)

He also warned of “Jewish settlers and extremists’ continued call to storm the Al-Aksa Mosque under the pretext of Jewish holidays,” according to Petra. Jewish groups do visit the Temple Mount, but participants are not allowed to pray at the site. The Islamic Wakf trust oversees the Temple Mount and the mosque on it.

The Forward is free to read, but it isn’t free to produce

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward.

Now more than ever, American Jews need independent news they can trust, with reporting driven by truth, not ideology. We serve you, not any ideological agenda.

At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse.

Readers like you make it all possible. We’ve started our Passover Fundraising Drive, and we need 1,800 readers like you to step up to support the Forward by April 21. Members of the Forward board are even matching the first 1,000 gifts, up to $70,000.

This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism, because every dollar goes twice as far.

—  Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO

2X match on all Passover gifts!

$90 → $180 $180 → $360

$360 → $720

Other amount