scene in the synagogue Friday’s attack outside the synagogue was the deadliest in the Jerusalem area since 2008. It took place in the neighborhood on land that Israel occupied after capturing Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that was not recognized internationally. The gunman, Khairy Alkam, was a 21-year-old Palestinian from […]
Only Muslim worship is permitted at the site, and there was no indication that Ben-Gvir had prayed during his visit. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated that it “strongly condemns the attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque by extremist minister Ben-Gavir and sees it as an unprecedented provocation and a dangerous escalation of the conflict.” Ben-Gvir was […]
