Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. (File/AFP)

Israel minister says would build synagogue at flashpoint Jerusalem site

  • “If I could do anything I wanted, I would put an Israeli flag on the site,” Ben Gvir said in an interview
  • Asked several times by the journalist if he would build a synagogue at the site if it were up to him, Ben Gvir finally replied: “Yes”
By AFP ·