The State of Qatar condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli Minister of National Securitys storming of the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the occupation authorities, and the Israeli Knessets approval of a draft law rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns of the continuation of the escalatory policy adopted by the Israeli government in the occupied Palestinian territories and its impact on expanding the circle of violence in the region and undermining efforts for a two-state solution and achieving a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace. It also stresses that the repeated attempts to undermine the religious and historical status of the Al Aqsa mosque is not only an attack on the Palestinians, but on more than two billion Muslims around the world.