Israel’s far-right Zionist Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed that Jews have the right to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, saying he would build a synagogue at the flashpoint site.
The policy allows for prayers on the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Mosque). There is equal law for Jews and Muslims. I would build a synagogue there, Ben-Gvir, the leader of the Jewish Power Party, told Israel’s Army Radio.
![Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (2nd L) forces his way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex under police protection in East Jerusalem on 18 July 2024 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AA-20240718-35170582-35170579-ISRAELS_BENGVIR_STORMS_ALAQSA_MOSQUE_COMPLEX_IN_EAST_JERUSALEM-e1721290565712.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
This is the first time for the extremist Zionist minister to openly speak about building a synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. However, he has repeatedly called in recent months for allowing Jewish prayers at the site.
Ben-Gvir’s comments came amid repeated incursions into the complex by illegal Israeli settlers in full view of Israeli police who fall under the responsibility of the far-right minister.
In response to Ben-Gvir’s repeated statements over the past few months, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque remains unchanged.
The status quo, in place since before the 1967 Israeli occupation, designates the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem, under the Jordanian minister of Awqaf and Islamic affairs, as responsible for managing Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is a place of worship for Muslims only.
However, since 2003, Israeli police have unilaterally allowed illegal settlers to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque on weekdays, excluding Fridays and Saturdays, without the approval of the Islamic Waqf.
Ben-Gvir’s frequent incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and his statements advocating Jewish prayers at the site have provoked a wave of condemnations from the Arab and Islamic world as well as the international community.
His actions have also upset Israeli religious parties that oppose these incursions due to the lack of ritual purity required for entering what Jews believe to be the site of the alleged temple.
Responding to Ben-Gvir’s remarks, Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel from the Shas Party called on Netanyahu to put Ben-Gvir in his place, especially regarding what he said this morning about the Temple Mount, according to Army Radio.
His (Ben-Gvir’s) irresponsible words endanger Israel’s strategic alliances with Islamic countries that are part of the coalition against the Iranian axis of evil. His lack of intelligence could lead to bloodshed.
Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth said that it had obtained videos and photos showing extremist settlers performing prayers during their incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, in full view of Israeli police.
There was no comment from Israeli police on the report. Al-Aqsa Mosque is considered the third holiest site in Islam. Mecca’s Al-Masjid al-Haram (including the Kaaba), Al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina are all revered by Muslims as sites of great importance.
Only Jews refer to the area as the Temple Mount, believing it to be the location of two ancient Jewish temples. Although Christians believe otherwise.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1980, Israel annexed the entire city, a move that has never been recognized by the international community.
The Israeli army has killed over 40,000 people in a deadly offensive in the Gaza Strip since last 7 October, 2024 following a Hamas attack despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Middle East Monitor / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Bring it on . You will learn a lesson which will resonate throughout HISTORY. No Muslim will sit back and see the Dome of the rock Demolished .
Get that in your twisted sick logic
This guy is crazy :-)))
The dark-skinned Jews are despised by the white Jews, they consider them to be not intelligent and that is why out of more than 600 ambassadors that the Zionist entity sent out, none of them were of Middle Eastern origin. Ttake a look below how much they despise them and that is why I am wondering how did they let this one in? Ben-Gurion: An Ashkenazi gangster, thief, pimp or murderer will not gain the sympathy of the Ashkenazi community (if there is such a thing), nor will he expect it. But in such a primate community as the Moroccans’… Read more »
Your right about black Jews many who came from Ethiopia -beaten up-treated despicably -discrimination -racism.
What it shows is pure hypocrisy just as bad as the person they continually condemn –HERR HITLER – 130,000 Israeli citizens have to go to Ethiopian Schools which are inferior to white Jewish schools .
Stop searched continually -arrests and incarnation -highest poverty rate.
Talking about Ben Gurion, he himself as one of the establishers of the Zionist state, acknowledged that most of them are thieves, rapists and murderers on a large scale of events.