MALAYSIA unreservedly condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli extremist settlers on September 24 and 25, the Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) said in a statement.

It said the orchestrated incursion was another deliberate act by the Israel regime and clearly aimed to challenge the legal and political status quo of Jerusalem and holy site Haram Al-Sharif.

“Malaysia calls on members of the international community to hold the Israel regime accountable for the incessant acts of aggression that would aggravate the already dire situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

“The United Nations Security Council in particular must live up to its charter-mandated responsibility and censure the regime to halt immediately all acts of provocation and aggression in the interest of peace and stability in the region,” said the statement.

Wisma Putra said Malaysia stood firm in its position that Palestinians deserve their independent and sovereign state based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as their capital. – Bernama, September 28, 2023.