Right -wing radical minister prays to Jerusalem's sacred place

Right -wing radical minister prays to Jerusalem's sacred place

A right -wing extremist Minister Israel caused outrage on Sunday when he was the most sensitive Holy site in Jerusalem , although a decades of contract Jews prohibited the prayer there.

attacks on the status quo in Jerusalem

The National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was intended at Tisha B’AV, a Jewish day of mourning, in al-aqsa-moschen-complex , the Jews known as Tempelberg. On this day, the Jews commemorate the destruction of two old temples that once stood in this country.

controversy and reactions

Everyone can visit the site, but it is only allowed to pray Muslims based on an understanding known as 'status quo' agreement, which has existed in 1967 since the old town of Jerusalem was conquered by Israel of Jordan.

Ben Gvir has already visited the complex several times, also while earlier Tisha b’av-memorial events , however Has he never led a community of prayer there before.

international reactions

The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Affairs immediately condemned Ben Gvir and described him as "extremists". They added that his actions "openly ignore the sensations of the Muslims around the world, not only in Palestine".

Islamic sacred sites are "exposed to injuries by settler groups that operate under the protection of a right -wing government that is actively working on both Islamic and Christian holy sites through a clear and systematic plan," said the Ministry in a message.

Jordan, who manages the Holy site, and Saudi Arabia also condemned Ben Gvir's actions. The Jordan Foreign Minister declared the incident as an "open violation of international law and international humanitarian law, as an unacceptable provocation and as a convicted escalation".

polarization in conflict

The Hamas described Ben Gvir's action as "severe and escalating atrocity against the mosque". The Palestinians strive for East Jerusalem, where the complex is located, as the capital of their future state. The majority of the international community regarded the eastern part of the city as under Israeli occupation.

Later on Sunday, the office of the Israeli Prime Minister said that the "policy of maintaining the status quo on the Tempelberg has not changed and will not change". In the past, the PMO emphasized that politics is determined by the Israeli government and its prime minister and not by individuals.

prayers for the war

During his visit on Sunday, Ben Gvir “prayed for Israel's full victory in the war and for the safe return of all Geiseln ", as his office reported.

"A message must be sent from here: to conquer the entire Gaza Strip, to explain the sovereignty over all of Gaza, to eliminate every Hamas member and to promote voluntary emigration," said the minister in a video that was recorded in the complex. "This is the only way we can bring the hostages back and win the war."

earlier this week Ben Gvir of the Netherlands was made as Explained , after he was supposed to have violence against Palestinians, spoken out for the expansion of illegal settlements and advocated "ethnic cleaning in the Gaza Strip", as the Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp explained in a letter.

This was followed after Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom