'We will all be behind you' - Protest at London's Jordanian embassy calls on kingdom to protect Al-Aqsa access

"Demonstrators gathered outside the Jordan Embassy in London on Saturday to call for action against Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Footage shows the crowd chanting as they waved Palestinian flags and held up signs reading, 'hands off Al-Aqsa' and 'only a military can end a military occupation.' Protesters are urging Jordan - the official custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque - along with other Muslim nations, to safeguard the holy site and ensure it is reopened to worshippers, saying leaders . "This occupation needs to end at your hands, because you are the only capable, you are the only responsible, and you have the power actually to make change," one protester said. "All the Muslim Ummah will be behind you. All the Muslim Ummah indeed will support you. And above all, Allah (SWT) ordered you," he continued. Some argued that Jordan 'protected and supported' Israel, claiming that while Amman views itself as the 'caretaker' of Al-Aqsa, it's 'doing exactly the opposite.' "They need to be in the right side of history," a protester urged. "They shouldn't take the side of the enemy. They should stop the normalisation. They should stop working with the enemy against the people of freedom." "We know those on the powers in the Muslim world have the authority and have the capability of liberating our blessed land, and we turn to them towards that liberation and towards that protection," another added. Israeli authorities have maintained a near-total closure of the site for the 36th consecutive day. The closure marks the first time since 1967 that worshippers have been barred from the compound during the final ten days of Ramadan. Israeli authorities say the measure is temporary and was imposed due to emergency security conditions and the risk of missile attacks linked to the ongoing war with Iran. Earlier on Thursday, foreign ministers from the UAE, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt condemned "with the strongest terms Israel's continued closure of Al-Aqsa.""

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