Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on July 17, 2024. (AFP)

Netanyahu says no change at Al-Aqsa after Ben-Gvir’s remarks

  • “Israel’s policy of maintaining the status quo on the Temple Mount has not changed and will not change,” Netanyahu’s office said
  • Earlier on Wednesday Ben-Gvir told parliament: “I am the political echelon, and the political echelon allows Jewish prayer at Temple Mount”
By Reuters ·