Exclusive: UK says Jordan Al-Aqsa custodianship 'must be respected'

Exclusive: UK says Jordan Al-Aqsa custodianship 'must be respected' Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 10:34 MEE reported last week that the US and Israel are 'actively working' to strip Jordan of custodianship Keir Starmer speaks during a signing ceremony of a UK-Poland defence and security treaty with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Battle of Britain Bunker in west London on 27 May 2026 (AFP) Off The British government has said Jordan's custodianship of Jerusalem's holy sites "must be respected" in a statement to Middle East Eye. Lat week MEE reported that the US and Israel are conspiring to strip the Jordanian royal family of its historic custodianship of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is enshrined in a long-standing status quo agreement. MEE put a recent letter independent MP Shockat Adam wrote to the British foreign secretary about the reported US-Israeli plans to the Foreign Office.