Israeli Jewish supremacist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, announced today his intention to storm the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem later this week.
Israeli media reports said Ben-Gvir had requested the Israeli police to coordinate Ben-Gvir’s expected incursions into the Islamic holy site next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ben-Gvir was sworn in as Israeli Minister of National Security last week, becoming a key member of Israel’s most racist, far-right government coalition ever led by long-running Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ben-Gvir is publicly advocating for dividing the holy site – which is the third holiest Muslim place of worship – between Muslims and Jews, a move that is likely to inflame an already tense situation in the Israeli-occupied territories.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency