JERUSALEM, 30-6-2025 (Wafa) — Israeli occupation authorities escalated their violations against the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday by permitting a wedding ceremony for colonists inside the mosque’s courtyards. This act was slammed as “provocative and humiliating” and marks a new chapter in the ongoing Judaization of this holy site.

The Jerusalem Governorate stated in a press release that the transformation of Al-Aqsa into what resembles a public celebration hall for colonists constitutes a blatant violation of the mosque’s sanctity, a severe provocation to Muslim sentiments, and a deliberate attempt to impose a new reality aimed at erasing the Islamic identity of the site and facilitating its temporal and spatial division.

Videos circulated by activists on social media showed groups of colonists celebrating inside one of the mosque’s courtyards under tight protection from occupation police, who prevented any Palestinian efforts to intervene and stop the violation.

The Jerusalem Governorate condemned these acts as part of a systematic policy aimed at altering the mosque’s features and forcibly imposing occupation sovereignty. It emphasized that these repeated violations contradict international law and UNESCO resolutions, which recognize Al-Aqsa Mosque as a purely Islamic heritage site.

The governorate called on the international community and relevant UN bodies to take immediate action to halt these escalating violations and provide international protection for Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.

Al-Aqsa has been witnessing an unprecedented surge in daily colonists’ incursions, accompanied by tightened restrictions on worshipers’ access, fueling increased tensions in the holy city and raising the risk of further unrest.

T.R.