[Our] anger is imminent… and an explosion is coming in response to any restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan,” Hamas wrote.
"Israel should have come and said 'The place is ours, the city is ours, this is the site of our Temple,'" stresses Dr. Mordechai Kedar.
Ben-Gvir was quoted as saying that Israel “cannot take chances and risks in allowing residents from the [Palestinian] Authority to enter Israel in any way.”
Israeli-Arab and left-wing politicians viewed the decision as an attempt by Ben-Gvir to collectively punish Muslims.
In an interview with Kan 11, Foreign Minister Israel Katz criticized Ben-Gvir's stance on Temple Mount prayers during Ramadan
The decision was agreed upon at the end of a meeting on the issue between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and more.
The aspiration to build the Temple and fulfill the commandments has accompanied the people of Israel since the destruction of the Temple almost 2,000 years ago.
He stressed that the only solution to the violence was “a political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution."
While on break from serving in the reserves on the Gaza border, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Peirman took his three kids to the Temple Mount.
Beyandenu said that they “anticipated fewer people to bravely answer the call to ascend to the site, due to fear of increased attacks against Jews."
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