The Palestinian foreign ministry said Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's 'storming' of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound was 'a dangerous escalation of the conflict.'
, 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."added. "Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's entrance to the site in 2000 sparked the second Palestinian Intifada or uprising.
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