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Israeli far-right curate Itamar Ben-Gvir has entered the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, successful a determination Palestinians telephone ‘unprecedented provocation’.
Published On 3 Jan 2023
Israel’s far-right nationalist information minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir has entered the compound that houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque successful occupied East Jerusalem, successful a determination that threatens a backlash from Palestinians who person labelled the enactment an “unprecedented provocation”.
Ben-Gvir was seen touring the tract connected Tuesday nether dense security.
“Our authorities volition not surrender to the threats of Hamas,” Ben-Gvir said successful a connection published by his spokesman, aft the Palestinian radical that governs the besieged Gaza Strip warned specified a determination was a “red line”.
Israel’s absorption person and erstwhile premier curate Yair Lapid had warned that specified a sojourn by Ben-Gvir would spark violence.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said it “strongly condemns the storming of Al-Aqsa mosque by the extremist curate Ben-Gvir and views it arsenic unprecedented provocation and a unsafe escalation of the conflict.”
Ben-Gvir was sworn successful past week arsenic portion of a caller authorities led by Benjamin Netanyahu that includes far-right and spiritual parties.
Breaking: Despite reports of postponing intended visit, far-right extremist Itamar Ben Gvir arsenic National Security Minister, enters the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif aboriginal this morning. pic.twitter.com/AQ9njlWGXk
— Ir Amim English (@IrAmimAlerts) January 3, 2023
At the compound, Islam’s 3rd holiest tract aft Mecca and Medina, lone Muslim worship is allowed nether the presumption quo. The Israeli far-right has been attempting to alteration this and let Jewish supplication astatine the site, contempt absorption from galore ultra-Orthodox Jews and prohibition from starring rabbis.
Palestinians fearfulness that this whitethorn pb to a alteration to the presumption quo, arsenic far-right Israelis person been calling to physique a Jewish temple connected the tract implicit the remains of the Al Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli media has reported that Netanyahu had been negotiating with Ben-Gvir aft it emerged that helium was readying to participate the site.
Former Israeli premier curate Ariel Sharon’s entranceway to the tract successful 2000 sparked the Second Palestinian Intifada, oregon uprising.
Ben-Gvir’s stated volition of entering the tract earlier this week drew threats from Hamas.
“Any escalation successful Al-Aqsa Mosque volition detonate the concern and the concern authorities volition beryllium liable for this,” Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua said successful a connection published Monday.
Ben-Gvir holds far-right views connected the Palestinians and has called for their displacement. He has repeatedly joined Israeli settlers successful storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
The far-right person besides caused a question of escalation successful the occupied metropolis aft mounting up an bureau successful the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, wherever Palestinians look wide expulsion.
Last November, Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned successful a leaked audio that “the full satellite is worried” astir Ben-Gvir’s views.
Earlier connected Tuesday, Israeli soldiers changeable and killed a Palestinian teen successful the occupied West Bank, Palestinian wellness officials and witnesses said. There was nary contiguous remark connected the incidental from the Israeli army.
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