Two of Islam’s three major holy sites are Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, while the third holy place is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in Jerusalem.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Called OIC Meeting: Saudi Arabia has called an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of Muslim countries on Sunday (Israel Palestine News). It is being told that in this meeting, talks will be held between the Israeli police and the Palestinian protesters and the action of the police in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. Leaders of 57 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will be involved in this virtual summit. The OIC has also issued a statement regarding this.
The organization has said, ‘OIC’s virtual meeting will be held on Sunday, 16 May 2021, at the request of Saudi Arabia. Which will include the Foreign Minister (Israel Palestine Conflict History). The meeting will discuss about Israeli attacks in Palestinian territory. The center of conversation will be the violence in particular in al-Quds al Sharif and al-Aqsa Mosque. Earlier, the meeting of permanent representatives of OIC was also held on 12 May. After which the OIC issued a statement saying that there was talk in the meeting about the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and especially al-Quds al Sharif.
Important for all three religions
In fact, two of Islam’s three major holy sites are Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, while the third holy place is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in Jerusalem (Israel Palestine Conflict News). There was a clash between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in the premises of this mosque. In Jerusalem Old City, where this mosque is, there is also the Temple Mount of the Jews and the Church of the Christians. Because of which this place is very important for the people of all three religions.
Rocket attack from both sides
After the incident in the mosque complex, Hamas, an extremist group of Palestinians, started a rocket attack on Israel from Gaza from the evening of May 10 (Israel Palestine Latest News). In response to which Israel also fired missiles. Even after almost a week, this struggle has not subsided. Due to the attacks on both sides, people are losing their lives and buildings are getting damaged. Many countries of the world including the United Nations have appealed to both sides to exercise restraint.
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