Turkish People against bids to Judaize al-Quds

“The Palestinians … have a common stance. We back this stance against the reduction or the elimination of” East al-Quds’ Islamic character, he told reporters in the central Turkish city of Konya on Sunday, a day after meeting with Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal.

The Turkish premier stressed that Ankara will not accept “any impositions concerning al-Aqsa” and “will do whatever needs to be done internationally to protect” al-Quds as well as the al-Aqsa Mosque.

Davutoglu also noted that Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas would also visit Turkey in January.

The Tel Aviv regime’s regular raids and restrictions on the al-Aqsa Mosque anger Palestinian people who consider them as part of Israel’s plan to Judaize and desecrate the holy site in East al-Quds.

Over the past weeks, the al-Aqsa Mosque has been the scene of clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli settlers and troops.

In October, Israel ordered a full closure of the mosque but later opened the holy site after widespread protests.

The al-Aqsa Mosque compound, located in Israeli-occupied al-Quds, is a flashpoint holy Islamic site. The location of the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism. The mosque is Islam’s third-holiest after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.

Over the past decades, Israel has tried to change the demographic makeup of al-Quds by constructing illegal settlements, destroying historical sites and expelling the local Palestinian population.