Jakarta, July 24 -- Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono and his counterparts from seven Arab and Muslim-majority nations have strongly condemned Israel's recent escalations at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.

In a joint statement published by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on X, Friday, diplomats from Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates united to denounce ongoing mass incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif compound by Israeli settlers-noting that the acts were actively led by extremist Israeli government ministers.

"These provocative and unacceptable actions constitute a flagrant violation of international law, the relevant United Nations re...