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إحراق المسجد الأقصى
Exact day21 August 1969
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A licensed photograph, with its credit, is added after review; never a generated likeness.On 21 August 1969 arson caused extensive damage to al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. The UN Security Council, in resolution 271, condemned Israel’s failure to comply with its resolutions on Jerusalem and called on it to rescind all measures altering the city’s status.
In resolution 271 of 15 September 1969, adopted by 11 votes to none with 4 abstentions, the Security Council expressed its grief at the extensive damage caused by arson to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on 21 August 1969, under Israel’s military occupation. It determined that the act of desecration emphasized the need for Israel to desist from violating the Council’s resolutions and to rescind all measures designed to alter the status of Jerusalem, and condemned Israel’s failure to comply.12
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United Nations · section: Preamble
Original-language quotation · enGrieved at the extensive damage caused by arson to the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on 21 August 1969 under the military occupation of IsraelLink to this citationUnited Nations · paragraph: 3-5
Editorial paraphrase · enThe execrable act of desecration and profanation of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque emphasizes the immediate necessity of Israel's desisting from acting in violation of the aforesaid resolutions; the Council condemns the failure of Israel to comply.
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