Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Office announced Tuesday that the number of Muslim worshippers allowed to pray on the Har Habayis during the first week of Ramadan will not be reduced from previous years’ levels. This decision effectively rejects blanket restrictions sought by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, including restrictions on Israeli Arabs.
“In the first week of Ramadan, the number of worshippers allowed to enter the Temple Mount will be as in previous years,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. “Every week there will be a situational assessment around security and safety, and a decision will be made accordingly.”
“Ramadan is holy for Muslims, and the sanctity of the holiday will be preserved this year, as it is every year,” the statement added.
Ben Gvir responded angrily, saying that no restrictions amounts to Netanyahu and the war cabinet handing a victory to Hamas.
“The decision to allow a similar ascension to the Temple Mount on Ramadan as in previous years shows that Netanyahu and the limited [war] cabinet think that nothing happened on October 7,” Army Radio reported Ben Gvir as saying. “The decision endangers the citizens of Israel and may allow an image of victory for Hamas.”
Meanwhile, MK Mansour Abbas of the Islamist Ra’am party thanked Netanyahu for the “responsible decision” and urged the “Arab public to exercise their right to pray and observe the commandments during the holy month, while maintaining the law and public order.”
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איתמר ben Gvir is 10000% correct on this one.
No Muslim on הר-הבית until every single hostage has been released.
Nothing more profound than this.
One of the lessons that Jews learned over the past 50 years (or more accurately, SHOULD have learned over the past 50 years), is that the more kindness we show to Arab and Muslim terrorists, the more they abuse us and harm us and kill us.
Our Arab and Muslim terrorist enemies misinterpret Jewish tolerance and kindness and generosity as WEAKNESS.
Soon after, their perception of Jewish weakness is interpreted as a signal to attack Jews and KILL Jews.
When will we Jews learn this extremely obvious lesson, that we should have learned decades ago?
Ben Gvir and Smotrich are from the Beryonim of Beis Sheinu. They cause all our troubles in the eyes of the world for no reason other than nationalism.
Our lives were not that safe in Israel before the 7th and thanks to those radicals, in the diaspora, we’re in trouble too.
I’m sorry to disagree with the first 3 posters. Whether we like it or not, this is something that all Muslims need and it has nothing to do with Hamas. We would lose some very important friendships in the world if we barred the entire public. Blocking entry would be a war on Muslims at large while our issue is not so.
This is where USA gets it’s policies from . The criminals do what ever suits their fancy , & we have to abide by the rules ,& pay for their freebees .
Pulling a mad dog’s tail does not make him less inclined to bite.
Hey fools how much violence has occurred during these”holy pilgrimages” they abuse every privilege and pay back evil for good