Secret talks with Israel for control of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Saudi Arabia revealed

The talks are secret, with Israeli diplomats and top security officials attending the talks, as well as US and Saudi officials on the negotiating team: a foreign news agency claims quoting a Saudi diplomat.

 the latest. June 03, 2020: Secret talks with Israel for control of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Saudi Arabia have been revealed. A foreign news agency quoted a Saudi diplomat as claiming that secret talks were taking place between Saudi Arabia and Israel aimed at controlling Islamic property in occupied Jerusalem under Saudi control.

The news agency says that according to a Saudi diplomat, the talks are secret, Israeli diplomats and top security officials attended the talks, and the US and Saudi officials were also part of the negotiating team. Talks the two countries began at the diplomatic level and included a high-level Israeli security team, US officials and Saudi officials.

 The news agency says in its report that Jordan had strongly opposed any change in the Islamic Adoment Council in Al-Aqsa Mosque due to Turkey's growing role in the holy site. According to the report, the Jordanian team opposed the expansion of the Islamic Endowment Council after the unrest at Bab al-Rahma and the metal detector crisis of 2017, and went against the Oslo Accords and unanimously agreed that The council will include Palestinian representatives.

According to the diplomat, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are also in the agreement with Saudi Arabia. However, Israeli government officials have denied any such talks.