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Ben Gvir calls to bar ‘Palestinian Authority residents’ from Temple Mount over Ramadan
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir says “residents of the [Palestinian] Authority]” should be barred from attending prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during Ramadan.
“We cannot take a chance,” the far-right Otzma Yehudit party leader writes on X, adding that PA residents should not be allowed to enter Israeli territory during the monthlong Muslim holiday, less than a month away.
“It can’t be that women and children are hostages in Gaza and we allow Hamas victory celebrations on the Temple Mount.”
The social media post from Ben Gvir comes a day after Israeli television reported Ben Gvir is pushing to ban Palestinians from the Jerusalem holy site over Ramadan.
