Ben Gvir accuses Netanyahu of ‘endangering’ Israel with decision not to limit access to Temple Mount on Ramadan

5 March 2024, 8:31 pm 7 Edit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sept. 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “endangering the citizens of Israel,” after he confirmed that Israel will not change the number of worshippers allowed to pray on the Temple Mount during the first week of Ramadan compared to previous years.

“The decision to allow a similar ascension to the Temple Mount on Ramadan as in previous years shows that Netanyahu and the limited [war] cabinet think that nothing happened on October 7,” Army Radio reports the ultra-nationalist minister as saying. “The decision endangers the citizens of Israel and may allow an image of victory for Hamas.”

Ben Gvir also took to X, formerly Twitter, with criticism of the decision, writing that “Hamas celebrations on the Temple Mount” are not the “total victory” Israel promised to achieve over the Gaza terror group.