The Palestinian Authority issued a warning towards Israel over stories that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir could go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid additionally criticized the plans for being “provocative.”
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, mentioned repeated Israeli threats to the established order at Al-Aqsa Mosque “will have serious consequences for everyone.”
Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world’s third-holiest website for Muslims. Jews name the realm the Temple Mount, saying it was the location of two Jewish temples in historical instances.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the place Al-Aqsa is situated, in the course of the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict. It annexed the whole metropolis in 1980, in a transfer by no means acknowledged by the worldwide neighborhood.
Abu Rudeineh additionally warned that if the U.S. fails to stress Israeli leaders to stop their provocations, the scenario could “get out of control.”
If confirmed, the tour would be the first by Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa advanced since he joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new authorities final week.
Ben-Gvir holds far-right views on the Palestinians and has referred to as for his or her displacement. He has repeatedly joined Israeli settlers in storming the mosque advanced in East Jerusalem.
The far-right politician additionally brought on a wave of escalation within the occupied metropolis after organising an workplace within the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Last November, President Isaac Herzog warned in a leaked audio that “the whole world is worried” about Ben-Gvir’s extremist views.
Lapid criticizes Ben-Gvir’s plans
Former Israeli Prime Minister Lapid on Monday slammed a deliberate go to by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Al-Aqsa Mosque advanced in East Jerusalem as a “deliberate provocation.”
“Itamar Ben-Gvir must not go up to Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Mosque complex),” Lapid mentioned on Twitter, warning that the transfer would result in “a deliberate provocation that will put lives in danger and cost lives.”
Lapid referred to as on present Prime Minister Netanyahu to not enable Ben-Gvir to go forward along with his go to.
Israeli public broadcaster KAN earlier mentioned that Ben-Gvir’s workplace had notified the police of his plans to go to the flashpoint website on Tuesday or Wednesday.
