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Thursday, May 14, 2026
Far-right MK visits Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day, prostrates on the ground
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Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Yitzhak Kroizer prayed this morning on the Temple Mount with his children and his father, a prominent Kahanist rabbi, to mark Jerusalem Day.
In footage of the act, Kroizer is seen prostrating himself on the ground at the flashpoint site, facing towards the Dome of the Rock.
“The time has come to get rid of all the mosques and work to construct the Temple!” he writes on Facebook, announcing his visit after the fact.
Kroizer, a lawmaker representing the far-right party, is one of many religious Zionist politicians expected to partake in the Flag March through the Old City later today.
To mark the national holiday, which celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli rule in the 1967 Six-Day War, participants each year march to the Western Wall through the Muslim Quarter, often sparking violence and harassment against Palestinian shopkeepers in the area.
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חבר הכנסת יצחק קרויזר משתחווה בהר הבית עם ילדיו ואביו הרב יהודה קרויזר שליט"א. pic.twitter.com/8aLeBlO4ZZ— אמברגו (@embargo1news) May 14, 2026
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