UAE, Saudi, others condemn Israeli minister’s visit to Jerusalem holy site - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Jan 3, 2023

This picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows a view of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and its Dome of the Rock, Old City, Jerusalem, Jan. 2, 2023. — This picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows a view of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and its Dome of the Rock, Old City, Jerusalem, Jan. 2, 2023. — Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

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

Ben-Gvir’s visit to Jerusalem holy site draws US rebuke

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir takes part in the Jerusalem Day Flag March in the Old City on June 5, 2024 in Jerusalem.

Saudi Arabia, UAE speak out against Israeli far right's moves on Al-Aqsa

Jennifer Gnana

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

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

US leads criticism of Israel minister for Al-Aqsa visit

Agence France-Presse

Members of Israeli security forces guard the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following clashes that erupted during Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem on April 5, 2023.

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Why Ben-Gvir's Al-Aqsa compound rhetoric is dangerous and disruptive

Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics