Israeli far-right minister risks regional flareup with Temple Mount visit - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jan 3, 2023

AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images — People walk toward the Dome of the Rock shrine at al-Aqsa Mosque compound (also known as the Temple Mount complex to Jews) in the old city of Jerusalem on Jan. 3, 2023. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

An armed Israeli soldier watches nationalists gathered at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 5, 2024, during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march.

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Israeli cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir walks through the courtyard of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which Jews know as the Temple Mount

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Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's new Minister of National Security and leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, greets supporters during a visit to Mahane Yehuda market, Jerusalem, Dec. 30, 2022.

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