{"id":255838,"date":"2021-07-19T14:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=255838"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:54:27","slug":"incident-at-al-aqsa-mosque-19-july-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/incident-at-al-aqsa-mosque-19-july-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Incident at Al-Aqsa Mosque \u2013 19 July 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>19 JULY 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u>Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u>Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Thank you, Farhan.\u00a0 Yesterday, about 1,500 settlers forced their entry into Al-Aqsa Mosque and the vicinity, and they attacked Palestinian worshippers.\u00a0 A number of them were wounded, and yet this is one of the biggest \u2014 I can\u2019t call it invasion \u2014 of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, yet there was no statement or any comments from the UN Special Envoy, Mr. [Tor] Wennesland.\u00a0 Why is that? \u00a0Why he silent?<\/p>\n<p><u>Deputy Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Well, rather than ask why there&#8217;s no comment, I actually have a comment, and it&#8217;s in the name of the Secretary\u2011General, not Mr. Wennesland, which is the following:\u00a0 The Secretary\u2011General is following with concern the heightened tensions in and around the Holy Sites of the Old City of Jerusalem.\u00a0 He underscores that the status quo must be upheld and fully respected.\u00a0 He calls upon community, religious and political leaders on all sides to refrain from provocative action and rhetoric, in the interest of peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For information media. 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