Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has accepted an award from Temple Mount activism group “Dorshei Zion” at a conference hosted at the Knesset.
The issue of the Temple Mount is “very, very complicated, and very explosive,” says Erdan at the event, which was organized by fellow Likud MK and former Temple Mount activist Yehudah Glick.
Distinguishing between his personal views on the subject and his professional responsibilities, Erdan says: “In my personal view, our right to the Temple Mount is unshakable.”
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan at the scene of a Jerusalem terror attack, October 9, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
“The Temple Mount is the holiest site for the Jewish people,” he says.
The minister, who oversees the police, adds that the status quo “is discriminatory toward the Jewish people. What can you do? That’s the truth.”
But he emphasizes that neither the police nor any single lawmaker can change the status quo, but only “the political leadership,” in an apparent reference to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He says the situation on the Temple Mount in the past few months has seen “changes, and changes for the better,” and he “is very happy” that more Jews are visiting the site.
— Marissa Newman
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