Riyadh, Feb 8, SPA -- An official source said today in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is very much concerned about works of excavations and demolitions which are being carried out by the Israeli authorities around Al-AQSA MOSQUE AND DESCRIBED THESE ACTS AS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE SACREDNESS OF THE MOSQUE AND A THREAT TO ELIMINATE ITS RELIGIOUS AND ISLAMIC FEATURES. THE SOURCE SAID THE KINGDOM EXPRESSES ITS CONDEMNATION OF THESE PRACTICES BY THE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ON THE THIRD HOLIEST MOSQUE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. 'THE KINGDOM URGES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO INTERVENE AND STOP THIS ISRAELI AGGRESSION AS WELL AS TO CONFRONT FIRMLY THESE PRACTICES WHICH ARE AIMED AT DESECRATING THE ISLAMIC AND CIVILIZED IDENTITY OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED AS PROVOCATIONS FOR MUSLIMS ALL AROUND THE WORLD."--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/423942