Tuesday, March 27, 2018

March 27, 2018 -- Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita visits Al-Aqsa Mosque (Temple Mount).


JPOST: Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita toured the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Tuesday, becoming the second Arab foreign minister to visit the site in two months.
In February, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi also toured the mosque. Senior Arab officials rarely visit the site.
Bourita was accompanied by Azzam al-Khatib, director of the Wakf Islamic trust in Jerusalem, Omar al-Kiswani, the director of the mosque, Palestinian Authority Jerusalem Gov. Adnan al-Husseini and PLO Ambassador to Morocco Jamal al-Shobaki.
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