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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa compound, a move condemned by Palestinian officials as a provocation that risks inciting religious conflict. This event occurs amidst ongoing regional tensions involving Houthi attacks and US military strikes.
Why it matters
The visit to a highly sensitive religious site threatens to destabilize the status quo and escalate regional tensions in the Middle East.
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israelis, including settlers, into the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, a breach of a decades-old status quo.
The minister, joined by heavily police protection, posted a video on his Telegram channel in which he said: “Look at what’s happening here – Jews are praying and feel that they are the rightful owners here.”
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