Qatar Slams Jewish Visitors to Temple Mount

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned Jewish visits to the Temple Mount, characterizing them as a “storming” of Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards by “settlers.” In reality, Jewish visitors do not enter the mosque building itself; their access to the compound is tightly supervised and restricted.

The statement also denounced an alleged “attack” on a mosque in Kifl Haris (Samaria), calling it a violation of international norms while linking disparate incidents into a single narrative of harm to Muslim holy places. Officials warned that altering the site’s “religious and historical status” would be seen as an assault on millions of Muslims worldwide.

Doha reiterated its “consistent position” of support for Palestinian demands, including unrestricted Muslim worship on the Mount and a state along the 1967 lines with eastern Jerusalem as its capital. Israeli voices counter that a regulated Jewish presence does not impede Muslim prayer and that inflammatory language fuels tensions. 

(INN/VFI News)

“Lord, bring truth and calm to all discourse concerning Jerusalem’s holy places. Guard every worshiper—Jew, Muslim, and Christian—and silence incitement that stirs violence. Let Your shalom rest on the Temple Mount and on the entire city of Jerusalem.”