{"id":2609638,"date":"2026-06-02T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-countries-including-uae-condemn-israel-over-al-aqsa-occupation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:25:26","slug":"muslim-countries-including-uae-condemn-israel-over-al-aqsa-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-countries-including-uae-condemn-israel-over-al-aqsa-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim countries, including UAE, condemn Israel over al-Aqsa occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmuslim-countries-including-uae-condemn-israel-over-al-aqsa-occupation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>eight Muslim-majority countries, including the relatively Israel-pleasant United Arab Emirates, issued a joint condemnation of Israel over Jewish activists\u2019 takeover of the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The statement cited a Sunday incident in which about 200 Israeli activists stormed the holy site, raised the Israeli flag, sang the anthem, and prayed in a way described as violating an existing arrangement that limits worship there to Muslims, with the mosque overseen by the Jordanian-protected Islamic Waqf.<\/p>\n<p>On tuesday,the foreign ministers of Qatar,Saudi Arabia,Jordan,the UAE,Indonesia,Pakistan,Egypt,and Turkey said the actions-done under protection of Israeli forces-were provocative,unacceptable,and a violation of international law,UN resolutions,and the historic\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-states-ask-supreme-court-to-reject-trumps-birthright-citizenship-plan-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Blue states ask Supreme Court to reject Trump\u2019s birthright citizenship plan - Washington Examiner\">legal status quo<\/a> for Jerusalem\u2019s holy sites. They also said Israel\u2019s measures undermine the sanctity of both Islamic and Christian holy places,urged Israel to halt the escalation,and reaffirmed solidarity with Palestinians and support for an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.<\/p>\n<p>While condemnation of Israel by Muslim countries is not unusual,the UAE\u2019s inclusion is notable given its recent warming ties with israel,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including reported high-level coordination<\/a> and security collaboration following a secret Netanyahu visit to the UAE during the Iran conflict. The statement suggests the UAE may tolerate some relations with Israel but has clear limits-particularly regarding actions in Jerusalem\u2019s holy sites.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/islam\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"698\">Muslim<\/a> countries, including those relatively friendly to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a>, such as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-arab-emirates\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"215\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, released a joint statement condemning Israel over Jewish activists\u2019 occupation of the al-Aqsa mosque.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, roughly 200 hard-line Israeli activists stormed one of the holiest sites of Islam, the al-Aqsa mosque. The group raised the Israeli flag at the site, sang the Israeli national anthem, and performed Talmudic prayers. The storming was a significant violation of the decades-old arrangement that Israeli authorities had agreed to, under which only Muslims are allowed to worship at the site. The mosque is managed by the Jordanian-protected Islamic Waqf.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4590992\/marco-rubio-iran-navy-boston-whalers-machine-guns\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rubio says Iranian Navy is just \u2018a bunch of Boston Whalers with machine guns\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4590626\/russia-massive-drone-missile-attack-against-ukraine\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia launches massive drone and missile attack against Ukraine, killing at least 13 and wounding over 100<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4590569\/israel-ben-gvir-netanyahu-trump-lebanon\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israeli security minister tells Netanyahu \u2018time to say no\u2019 to Trump on Lebanon<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, on Tuesday, the foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey \u201cstrongly\u201d condemned the \u201ccontinued incursions by extremist Israeli settlers into the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque\/Al-Haram Al-Sharif under the protection of Israeli forces, as well as the raising of the Israeli flag within its courtyards.\u201d The group said the \u201cprovocative and unacceptable acts\u201d were a \u201cflagrant violation\u201d of international law, United Nations resolutions, and the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem\u2019s holy sites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, the statement sought to draw on Christian sympathies as well, saying Israel was carrying out \u201csystematic and illegitimate measures\u201d that were \u201cundermining the sanctity and status of its Islamic and Christian holy sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Ministers hold the Israeli authorities responsible for halting these escalatory measures and warn that the repeated Israeli violations lead to the exacerbation of tensions, the fueling of instability and extremism, and the undermining of international efforts aimed at achieving peace, while also constituting a clear breach of Israel\u2019s obligations under international law,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement concluded with an expression of the group\u2019s \u201csteadfast solidarity with the Palestinian people and their unwavering support for the realization of their legitimate and inalienable national rights,\u201d the foremost of which was the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though condemnation of Israel from Muslim countries isn\u2019t unusual, notable among the signatories was the UAE, which has grown considerably closer to Israel over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> office revealed that he had taken a secret trip to the UAE in the middle of combat operations against Iran. 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The statement shows that the UAE has clear limits to its public support for Israel, and that Israeli moves against Jerusalem could jeopardize its burgeoning alliances with Muslim powers, such as the UAE and Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli incursions into the al-Aqsa mosque are some of the biggest flash points in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, frequently drawing the ire of Muslims worldwide. Hamas claimed its Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack against Israel, which has triggered a deluge of bloodshed across the region, was in retaliation for Israeli actions against the holy site. The attack itself was codenamed \u201cal-Aqsa Flood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight Muslim nations condemned Israel after Jewish activists stormed al-Aqsa mosque<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2609639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26147211770065.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80711,26161,40110,32726,14872],"class_list":["post-2609638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-al-aqsa","tag-islam","tag-israel-palestine","tag-middle-east","tag-uae"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26147211770065.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609642,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609638\/revisions\/2609642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2609639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}