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Israel's Ben-Gvir visits flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Ben-Gvir prayed at the holy site and called for wider Jewish access, as Jordan said the visit violated the status quo.
- On Sunday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, seeking greater prayer access for Jewish worshippers under heavy police protection.
- Known as Temple Mount, the compound is Judaism's most sacred and Islam's third-holiest site; under a decades-old status quo arrangement administered by a Jordanian religious foundation, non-Muslims are prohibited from praying there.
- Ben-Gvir, who has visited the compound at least 16 times since 2022, said in a video, "Today, I feel like the owner here," while pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for expanded Jewish rights.
- Jordan's Foreign Ministry condemned the visit as a "desecration of its sanctity" and an "unacceptable provocation." The Palestinian Authority also denounced the incursion as a status quo violation.
- The mosque recently reopened after a 40-day closure during Israel's war on Iran. While there was no immediate unrest Sunday, Israeli forces arrested at least 18 Palestinians in the West Bank.
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