- UN Security Council to consider Israeli minister’s contentious visit to Al-Aqsa mosque.
- Itamar Ben-Gvir is Israel’s new national security minister.
- The 15-member Council will meet at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The UN Security Council will consider an Israeli minister’s contentious visit to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque. The 15-member Council will meet at 3 p.m. at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
“The international community decides the fate of safeguarding Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian landmarks,” the Palestinian UN ambassador stated.
“We won’t be pleased by tomorrow’s Security Council pronouncements. We expect concrete results “Adding,
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s new national security minister, will visit Egypt on Tuesday.
Al-Aqsa mosque in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem is Islam’s third-holiest place. It’s called Temple Mount by Jews.
Non-Muslims can visit the place, but they can’t pray there.
In recent years, more Jews, mostly Israeli nationalists, have discreetly prayed at the area, which Palestinians decry. Such efforts threaten Jerusalem’s holy sites, say Western governments.
The US, a longtime supporter of Israel, condemned Ben-visit. Gvir’s Jordan’s UN ambassador Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud called it an act of extremism meant to incite bloodshed.
“The Security Council must take its role seriously and stop this,” he said.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that Antonio Guterres “urge on all to desist from escalating tensions in and around Jerusalem.”
The UN Security Council has issued multiple resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and favors a two-state solution.
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