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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Haredi politicians blast Ben Gvir for saying Jewish prayer allowed at Temple Mount
Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers slam National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for saying he prayed at the flashpoint Temple Mount holy site, charging that this is forbidden under Jewish law.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel tells the Knesset that “the great blasphemy that has been committed cannot pass quietly,” expressing “protest” at Ben Gvir’s behavior.
“I demand the prime minister not allow the status quo to change on the Temple Mount, and if there are changes, then to close the Temple Mount to Jews,” Degel Hatorah chair Moshe Gafni says in a post on X.
The religious opinion of the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate determines that due to the destroyed Jewish Temples’ Holy of Holies being located on the Temple Mount, Jewish people should not enter the compound at all.
