Israeliska ministern Ben-Gvir besökte Tempelberget för några dagar sedan. Besöket varade mindre än 15 minuter och skedde tidigt på morgonen utan något större mediauppbåd. Ben-Gvir besökte Tempelberget men inte Al-Aqsa moskén.
Redan innan besöket hade palestinierna varnat för ett religionskrig om besöket genomförs. Efter besöket fördömdes det av i princip alla världens nationer, ingen har i alla fall uttryckt sitt stöd för det.
I muslimvärlden beskrevs besöket allmänt som en stormning av Al-Aqsa moskén.
Otroligt nog sammankallades FN:s säkerhetsråd för att behandla att en jude besökt judarnas heligaste plats i judarnas historiska huvudstad.
Mötet resulterade inte i något uttalande eller resolution men deltagarna fördömde Ben-Gvirs besök och uppmanade till att bibehålla status quo på området. Detta är i sig en logisk kullerbytta eftersom status quo ger judarna rätt att besöka området.
Det är overkligt att västvärlden men sin kristna och humanistiska bakgrund inte försvarar judarnas rätt att besöka sin heligaste plats. Istället böjer man sig för den intoleranta muslimvärlden och kommer antagligen aldrig på tanken att fördöma den osakliga och våldsamma reaktionen därifrån. Västvärlden verkar totalt sakna moralisk ryggrad när det kommer till frågor om Israel.
Noteras kan att ungefär samtidigt firar Fatah att det gått 58 år sedan de utförde sin första terrorattack. Fatah är den palestinska myndighetens ordförande Mahmoud Abbas parti. I samband med firandet uppmanar man till flera våldsdåd och hedrar terrorister. Omvärlden reagerar knappt alls och ingen skulle komma på tanken att föra saken till FN:s säkerhetsråd. Men nog är det en betydligt allvarligare provokation än ett fredligt besök på Tempelberget.
‘Poison, lies’: Israeli, Palestinian envoys spar at fiery UN session on Temple Mount
Israeli actions on Temple Mount unacceptable, US tells UNSC (JPOST)
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said that the issue was antisemitism because what bothered the Palestinians and the Muslims was that Jews had set foot on the site, even though it was where their Temple had stood in biblical times.
“The Palestinians have turned the Temple Mount into a battleground time and again,” Erdan said. “The mosques are used as arsenals where terrorists keep rocks and explosives to attack Jewish visitors and security forces,” he added.
“The hallowed ground is used as a platform for Palestinian incitement poisoning the minds of the youth and stoking the flames of violence,” Erdan said. He referred to the Palestinian Authority as the “Palestinian Terror Authority” and charged that it had weaponized the status quo, leveling false accusations to justify terror attacks against Jews, He said.
In the eyes of the PA, a Jew who sets foot on the Temple Mount deserves to be met with violence,” he said.
Palestinians urge UN Security Council to rap Israel over Ben Gvir Temple Mount visit
Arab FMs urge UN Security Council to ‘work immediately’ against Temple Mount ‘provocations’
Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount jaunt a sign of new Israeli gov't pragmatism - analysis (JPOST)
Reasonable people can debate whether National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who over the years has earned through his actions a reputation as a right-wing provocateur, should have gone to the Temple Mount on Tuesday. But even his detractors must admit that the way he did it – in the early morning, without fanfare, after sending signals that he actually would not go through with the visit – was, well, at least smart...
...Similar considerations were at play Monday in deliberations Ben-Gvir held with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the heads of the police and security services. To prohibit Ben-Gvir, a senior cabinet minister, from going to the site – a site he has visited on numerous occasions in the past – because of Hamas threats would send precisely the wrong message just as the new government was starting out: that it could be intimidated.
Wave of international criticism after Ben Gvir visits flashpoint Temple Mount (TOI)
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry condemned the “provocative act by the Israeli minister of national security.”“We call on Israel to act responsibly to prevent such provocations that will violate the status and sanctity of holy places in Jerusalem and escalate the tension in the region,” Turkey said.
Qatar also blasted Ben Gvir’s visits and warned that Israeli policy would be responsible for further a deterioration in the security situation on the ground.
Bahrain’s foreign ministry said the visit was a “provocation against Muslims and a violation of international law.”
Jordan, which views itself as a custodian of the Temple Mount — a status Israel does not recognize, though it acknowledged the kingdom’s “special role” at the site in the countries’ 1994 peace treaty — castigated Israel over the far-right minister’s visit.
“Jordan condemns in the severest of terms the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and violation of its sanctity,” the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, according to the Reuters news agency.
The French embassy in Israel confirmed its “absolute commitment” to the preservation of the status quo at the holy sites in Jerusalem.
“Any gesture aimed at casting doubt on it carries a risk of escalation and must be avoided,” the French statement read.
The United Kingdom issued a similar statement, with Israel envoy Ambassador Neil Wigan tweeting: “The UK remains committed to supporting the historic status quo at the holy sites in Jerusalem. It is important that all actors avoid actions at those sites that inflame tensions.”
Palestinians: Changing status quo at Temple Mount a ‘declaration of war’
“Ben-Gvir’s threat to storm al-Aqsa Mosque as security minister is a blatant and shameless challenge that requires a Palestinian, Arab and international response,” Sheikh said.
Mahmoud al-Habbash, religious affairs adviser to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, said Ben-Gvir’s intention to visit the Temple Mount would ignite a “religious war.” The Palestinian leadership was taking steps in the international arena to “expose the practices and policies of the occupation government,” he said.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions urged Palestinians to “defend” al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli government would be held responsible for any escalation “if al-Aqsa Mosque is harmed,” senior Hamas official Haroun Nasser al-Din said. The Palestinians would foil any attempt to impose a new reality at the site, he added.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad said Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount would be seen as a declaration of war on the mosque.
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