Leading ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures in Israel criticise a visit by firebrand minister to Al Aqsa Mosque compound, adding internal religious dissent to a cascade of foreign censure
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures denounce illegal settler turned minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's storming of Al Aqsa Mosque compound, with one lawmaker accusing him of"goading the entire world."
Leading ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures supporting Israel's coalition government have criticised a visit by a far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to a flashpoint holy site in occupied East Jerusalem, adding internal religious dissent to a cascade of foreign censure.
The office of Israel's Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said he had sent Ben-Gvir what it called a "protest letter ... urging the minister not to go up to the Temple Mount again".
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