Israeli Minister Wants To Fund Tour To Al Aqsa After Plans To Build Sinagoga, Hamas Warns Zionists Don't Play With Fire

Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex. (Wikimedia Commons/Andrew Shiva)

JAKARTA - Palestinian militant group Hamas issued a stern warning against Israeli Zionists not to carry out attacks or anything to change the status quo at the Al Aqsa Mosque Complex.

Hamas said in a statement that the Zionist regime's cabinet decision to attack the Al-Aqsha Mosque was a dangerous and fire-playing act, which would lead to religious war in the region, according to IRNA from Shihab Palestine August 28.

The responsibility for all the consequences of this evil and dangerous plan against the first qibla of Muslims rests with the colonial regime and its supporters, the statement said.

He emphasized that efforts to change the reality of the Al-Aqsha Mosque will never erase historical facts, it is an Islamic site and will always be an Islamic site.

Earlier, Israel's National Security Minister who is also a far-right politician Itamar Ben Gvir said his party allowed Israelis to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque Complex, as well as plans to build fire.

After Ben Gvir's comments, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office immediately issued a statement reaffirming Israel's official position, which accepted the old rules limiting non-Muslim prayers at the mosque complex, known as Temple Mount to Jews, which respects him as the site of two ancient temples.

Most recently, the Israeli government plans to fund tourism for illegal settlers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Hamas considers the government's decision to constitute a dangerous escalation that risks triggering religious war, "which is the responsibility of its occupation and supporters," quoted from Anadolu.

KAN on Monday reported that the office of the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Amichai Eliyahu, will allocate 2 million shields for guided tours, which are expected to be held in the coming weeks.

It is known, Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City is the holiest place in Jewish religion, as the location of two temples in the Bible. Meanwhile, by Muslims, this is known as Haram al-Sharif or His Majesty's Holy Place, this place is home to Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.

Under the 1967 agreement, non-Muslims, including Jews, were not allowed to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform any rituals. Under the decades-long "standing status quo" arrangement with Muslim authorities, Israel allowed Jews to visit but should not pray.

Jordan has been the official guard of Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem since 1924, and has openly been recognized as the guard of Jerusalem's holy sites.

The site is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and suggestions for Israel to change rules about religious obedience there have led to violence in the past.