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.