Rabat  - Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who chairs the Islamic Conference's al-Quds (Jerusalem) committee, has condemned the recent clashes between Israeli security forces and Muslims near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque.

Moroccan newspapers Tuesday quoted a royal communique condemning "premeditated violations which hurt Muslim feelings."

Israeli soldiers had deliberately implicated a Muslim holy site in their "aggressions against a Palestinian group," King Mohammed said.

"These irresponsible acts are only desperate attempts" to prevent the establishment of a "fair peace" in conditions agreed by the international community, the communique said, stressing that such acts only increased extremism.

Israeli police said at least 30 people were injured in fighting between Palestinians, Jewish visitors and Israeli security forces on Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Sunday.

Police said their forces intervened when Palestinians began throwing stones at Jews visiting the site. The Palestinian Authority said the fighting began after Jewish extremists and Israeli police tried to break into the al-Aqsa mosque at the site.

The al-Quds committee, an off-shoot of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, seeks to protect the Islamic and Arab character of Jerusalem.(dpa)