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Anger grows over Israeli far-right minister praying at al-Aqsa
mosque
Saudi Arabia has joined condemnations of far-right Israeli
minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to al-Aqsa mosque today.
The minister of national security travelled to the holy site and
prayed there with a reported group of 1,250 people. Police were pictured
alongside Ben-Gvir.
Under a delicate decades-old “status quo” arrangement with
Muslim authorities, the al-Aqsa compound is administered by a Jordanian
religious foundation and Jews can visit but may not pray there.
“The foreign ministry expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s
condemnation in the strongest terms of the repeated provocative practices by
officials of the Israeli occupation authorities against al-Aqsa mosque,” a
statement on X read.
“The Kingdom affirms that such practices fuel the conflict in
the region.”
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