Israeli forces have repeatedly launched attacks on Palestinian worshippers at the mosque compound in recent years.
, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry called Ben-Gvir’s “storming” of Al-Aqsa — Islam’s third-holiest site — an “unprecedented provocation and a dangerous escalation of the conflict.”, Ben-Gvir — a top member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s newly formed extremist government — visited the site for roughly 15 minutes Tuesday morning under heavy security, declaring that “our government will not surrender to the threats of Hamas.
The outlet noted that “Ben-Gvir has long called for greater Jewish access to the holy site, which is viewed by Palestinians as provocative and as a potential precursor to Israel taking complete control over the compound.”
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