far-right Israeli minister has been condemned for violating ban and leading
hundreds of Jewish Israelis into Jerusalem’s most contested holy site , with many defying the Israeli government’s long-standing ban on Jewis h prayer there.Israeli minister Ben-Gvir’s Al-Aqsa Mosque visit was quickly condemned as provocative. State Department says minister’s declaration that prayer is allowed at site contributes to ‘greater insecurity and instability in the region’; UN calls move ‘unduly provocative’
Ben Gvir’s moves — which violate the status quo governing the sensitive holy site and directly contradict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own directives, earned condemnation from the United States, European Union, United Nations, France, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and others on Tuesday.
