{"id":15982,"date":"2020-07-31T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T05:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=15982"},"modified":"2020-07-31T10:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T05:48:02","slug":"turkish-platform-calls-for-protection-of-al-aqsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/15982","title":{"rendered":"Turkish platform calls for protection of Al-Aqsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s Ankara Civil Society Platform (ASTP) on Thursday called for protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli occupation and called for establishing a global Quds forum.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on the occasion of the Day of Arafah\u00a0 which coincides with the second day of the Hajj, Muslims&#8217; major pilgrimage\u00a0 ASTP called on Muslims around the world, both individuals and \u00e7ivil society institutions, to enhance cooperation to free Al-Aqsa Mosque &#8220;from occupation and support the struggle for Jerusalemites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Al-Aqsa represents the world&#8217;s third holiest site for Muslims, while Jews refer to the area as the \u201cTemple Mount,\u201d claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.<\/p>\n<p>The platform also urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to &#8220;work first and foremost primarily for this noble cause, pursue diplomatic initiatives and activate mechanisms towards protection of holy sites and Waqf monuments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similar call was made to the UN &#8220;to uphold all the resolutions adopted by international community regarding Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque, take the necessary actions, and impose sanctions against the occupying power [Israel] who has systematically discarded these resolutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The platform touched on the necessity to take an action against the Israeli occupation, saying it has &#8220;oppressed Jerusalemites and annihilated the religious, cultural and historical identity of the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ASTP urged for global consciousness against &#8220;distortion and oppression&#8217;s directed towards Jerusalemites and the holy city&#8221; and called for forming a &#8220;Quds Forum&#8221; at a global level to be devoted for enhancing cooperation for Al-Aqsa.<\/p>\n<p>Israel occupied East Jerusalem, in which the Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.<\/p>\n<p>In a move never recognized by the international community, it annexed the entire city in 1980, claiming it as the Jewish state\u2019s \u201ceternal and undivided\u201d capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA Turkey&#8217;s Ankara Civil Society Platform (ASTP) on Thursday called for protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Israeli occupation and called for establishing a global Quds forum. In a statement issued on the occasion of the Day of Arafah\u00a0 which coincides with the second day of the Hajj, Muslims&#8217; major pilgrimage\u00a0 ASTP called on Muslims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1477],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15983,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15982\/revisions\/15983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}