Extremist Israeli minister makes provocative visit to al-Aqsa mosque
by Ruth Michaelson in Jerusalem and Andrew Roth in Wa from World news | The Guardian on (#6PAKV)
Itamar Ben-Gvir, who seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks, makes video at contested holy site in Jerusalem
Israel's extremist national security minister has visited the holiest Muslim site in Jerusalem, recording a video saying he went to pray, in a provocative move as he seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist and champion of the settler movement, recorded footage at al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount, a site holy to Muslims and Jews.
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