Jordan called an emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers over what it described as an imminent threat to the status of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa compound. The warning followed a large visit led by Israeli far-right figures and a police recruitment drive. Jordan convened foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries for an emergency meeting. Jordanian officials described an imminent threat to the established status of the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
More than 2,000 religious-right Israelis entered the compound on July 23 in a group led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Jordan said prayer rituals during the visit violated the existing arrangement. The cited accounts attribute institutional claims to the officials or organizations making them and distinguish those statements from independently established events.
Jordan's Hashemite monarchy has a longstanding custodial role at Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. The compound is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and is sacred to both faiths. Changes at the site have previously triggered unrest beyond Jerusalem. These background conditions describe the setting in which the current development occurred without resolving the decisions or outcomes still pending.
Amman is also concerned about recruitment for a special Israeli police unit focused on the site. Israeli religious holidays and an election campaign are expected to bring additional political pressure in September. The chronology and reported quantities are preserved because later official updates may revise preliminary counts or schedules.
The current evidentiary limit is specific: Jordan's takeover warning is an attributed assessment; no completed legal transfer of custodianship was reported. The report therefore does not extend beyond the published record on motive, causation, final totals, legal outcome or implementation where those matters remain open.
The next documented developments are the emergency meeting's communique and documented changes to access, prayer rules or policing at the compound. Until those records appear, the available account supports the facts above while leaving the identified uncertainties unresolved.