Jordanian minister says Israel carried out "30,000 raids" against Al Aqsa in 2018

From Jordan Times:

AMMAN — The government on Tuesday warned Israeli occupation authorities against its recurrent attacks on Islamic awqaf employees and Al Aqsa Mosque.

Awqaf Minister Abdul Nasser Abul Bassal, in a statement carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, warned against the increasing number of break-ins at Al Aqsa Mosque.

The Israelis are playing with fire, he said.

Citing 5,000 raid incidents in 2005, Abul Bassal added that occupation forces and settlers carried out 30,000 raids in 2018.

30,000 raids? In 365 days?

Obviously he means the number of Jews who visited the Temple Mount in 2018, counting each as a "raid" and each group as a "raid incident." But even that number is a bit nutty.

Given that Jews aren't allowed to visit on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as during Islamic holidays, it still comes out to about 20 "raid incidents" a day.

Needless to say, there are no "break-ins" and very few "raids" - occasionally the Israeli police go in to quell riots.

This is nothing but incitement for Jordanians to hate Jews.

Abul Bassal expressed his utmost rejection of these provocative practices and the attacks by extremists and extremist ministers, Knesset members and military personnel, who enter the facilities of the mosque by force of arms.

The only reason any military presence is necessary is to protect the Jews from being murdered by the Muslims who are taught that any Jew stepping foot in the area is desecrating it. 

These acts provoke the feelings of the faithful and Muslims all around the world, he said, calling on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League, Arab and Islamic countries, UNESCO and relevant international organisations to pressure Israeli escalatory measures and attacks against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem to a stop.

Meaning he wants the UN and UNESCO to officially say that Jews have no religious rights to their holiest spot. (And, of course, they have already said that, which is more outrageous than these statements.)

He also called for supporting Jordan in the face of Israeli aggressions that, if continued, will take the region to a religious war that His Majesty King Abdullah has always warned against.

Who is inciting a religious war? This statement itself is more inciting that anything any Jew or Israeli official ever says. But this incitement, which is seen daily in Arab media, is ignored by the world.

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