Stripping Jordan of Al-Aqsa custodianship would trigger 'outbreak of violence', expert says

Stripping Jordan of Al-Aqsa custodianship would trigger 'outbreak of violence', expert says Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 06/09/2026 - 16:09 Israeli-American lawyer Daniel Seidemann confirms MEE report on how the US and Israel circulated a proposal to turn Al-Aqsa into a 'multi-faith complex' Israeli soldiers aim their guns at Muslim worshippers near the Dome of the Rock in the complex in Jerusalem's Old City that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, on 15 April 2022 (Ammar Awad/Reuters) Off A US - Israeli plan to strip the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan of its historic custodianship of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex would lead to an “outbreak of violence” in the Middle East, Israeli-American attorney Daniel Seidemann told Middle East Eye. “What starts in Jerusalem doesn’t stay in Jerusalem," said Seidemann, who is also the founder of Terrestrial Jerusalem, a non-governmental organisation that tracks the development of Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. "This would send shockwaves throughout the Arab and Muslim world,” he added.