RAMALLAH, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian officials Tuesday condemned Israel's decision to allow far right-wing parliament members to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of East Jerusalem.
Nabil Abu Rdineh, spokesman of the Palestinian Presidency, said in an official statement that the Palestinian leadership warns of the Israeli provocations at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
"These actions may lead to unpleasant consequences," he said.
Abu Rdineh called on the U.S. "to deal with these provocations as an obstacle to the its efforts to revive the peace process and an attempt to bring the situation back to zero and to the risky stage."
Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, chairman of the supreme Islamic corporation and the speaker of Al-Aqsa Mosque, also condemned the decision.
"Two Knesset members together with a group of settlers and Jewish rabbis entered Tuesday the yard of Al-Aqsa Mosque," Sabri told Xinhua in a telephone conversation.
"The Israeli police closed the area and prevented Muslim worshippers from entering the mosque," he added.
"These actions and measures were blessed and approved by the Israeli government to make the right wing parties in Israel satisfied and to provoke the feelings of the Muslims," Sabri noted.
