Syndicates urge UN members to support Jordan’s efforts to protect Al Aqsa

AMMAN — Professional associations on Monday called for Arab and Islamic nations that are members of the UN and its Security Council to support Jordan’s stance in defending Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

The associations called for an urgent international movement at the UN to boycott Israel for its recurrent assaults on Al Aqsa, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

They urged these countries to express rejection of plans to divide Al Aqsa Mosque complex. In messages sent to the embassies of UN member states, President of the Professional Associations Council and the Jordan Engineers Association Majid Tabaa stressed Jordan’s role in defending the mosque, defined as the entire Al Haram Al Sharif compound (or the noble sanctuary whose area is estimated at 144 dunums).