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HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

Middle East round-up: Ben-Gvir enters Al-Aqsa

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

UN to hold emergency meeting on Israeli visit to holy site

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting at the request of the Palestinians and other Islamic and non-Islamic nations to protest the visit of an ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

The Independent UK

Religious dissent in Israel at Ben-Gvir's Al Aqsa compound visit

Leading ultra-Orthodox Jewish figures supporting Israel's coalition government on Wednesday criticised a visit by a far-right minister to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, adding internal religious dissent to a cascade of foreign censure.

Reuters

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UAE, China call for UN meeting over Ben-Gvir’s Al-Aqsa visit

The UN Security Council is expected to convene on Thursday, according to diplomats.

Al Jazeera

US ambassador rebukes Israel over far-right minister’s visit to holy site

Attempts to change status quo at al-Aqsa mosque are ‘unacceptable’, says Tom Nides

The Independent UK

Israel’s Ben-Gvir enters Al-Aqsa: Why was it seen as provocative?

The far-right Israeli national security minister was warned that his move could spark violence – by Israel’s former PM.

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Bethlehem

Adam Ayyad, 15, was killed during an Israeli army raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.

Al Jazeera

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Palestinian Leaders Denounce Ben-Gvir's Visit to Aqsa Mosque

The Palestinian leaders and factions condemned on Tuesday the visit of Israel’s extreme-right firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh cast the visit as a bid to turn a major mosque there "into a Jewish temple". Addressing his cabinet, Shtayyeh also called on Palestinians to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli far-right minister visits Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Palestinians slam ‘provocation’

Israel's extreme-right firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound Tuesday for the first time since becoming national security minister, his spokesman said, enraging Palestinians who see the move as a provocation.

France 24

Israeli Far-right Minister Visits Jerusalem Holy Site

An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister visited Tuesday a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for the first time since taking office in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new far-right government last week. The visit is seen by Palestinians as a provocation. Earlier in the day, Palestinian officials said a 15-year-old boy was killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Will Netanyahu Clip the Wings of His New Cabinet Hawks?

One is a pistol-packing ex-member of an outlawed Jewish militant group. The other is a religious fundamentalist. Both are West Bank settlers averse to Palestinians' self-rule - let alone their hopes of statehood. And as senior coalition partners to reelected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will…

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Will Netanyahu clip the wings of his new cabinet hawks?

One is a pistol-packing ex-member of an outlawed Jewish militant group. The other is a religious fundamentalist who once called himself a "proud homophobe". Both are West Bank settlers averse to Palestinians' self-rule - let alone their hopes of statehood.

Reuters

Biden says he looks forward to working with Netanyahu’s new gov’t

US president calls Israeli prime minister ‘friend for decades’, ignores concerns about rise of far-right politicians.

Al Jazeera

Who is Israel’s new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

Israel’s longest-serving premier has ushered in the country’s most religious and hardline government in history.

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Benjamin Netanyahu returns as PM of Israel’s most far-right gov’t

The new government seeks to expand illegal settlements in occupied West Bank and pursue other anti-Palestinian policies.

The Independent UK

Netanyahu government to make West Bank settlements a top priority

Benjamin Netanyahu, who served 12 years as prime minister, is returning to power after he was ousted from office last year

Reuters

Israeli jurists warn against Ben-Gvir's bid for more powers over police

Legal advisers to Israel's parliament and outgoing government on Wednesday criticised a bid by a far-right politician to give himself expanded powers as next police minister, warning that his proposed changes clashed with democratic principles.

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The Guardian view on Israel’s threat within: rightwing extremism in government

Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu is playing with fire by giving racist politicians control over the police and the occupied territories

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Axios

White House holds sensitive meeting on approach to new Israeli government

The government is set to include Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich — politicians known for their Jewish supremacist rhetoric.

Al Jazeera

Incoming Israeli minister calls for expulsion of Al Jazeera

Far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comments come as the network takes Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing to the ICC.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Backs Army Against Ben-Gvir

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has joined the critics of Ultra-nationalist Jewish Power leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, calling for Israel's military to be "left out of any political argument". "The Israeli army is the people's army, I call on everyone, right and left, to leave it out of any political debate,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel’s Ben-Gvir Squabbles with Military Chief about Ethics

An Israeli far-right politician set to take a key security post in Benjamin Netanyahu's emerging government traded barbs on Wednesday with the military chief over the jailing of a soldier who had taunted leftist activists in the occupied West Bank.

Reuters

Israel's Ben-Gvir squabbles with military chief about ethics

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ben-Gvir Says He Will Do ‘Everything’ to Change Situation in Al-Aqsa

Itamar Ben-Gvir, a leader in the Israeli far-right Otzma Yehudit party and who will be Israel's national security minister in the upcoming government, has vowed to change the status quo in Al-Aqsa mosque. Ben-Gvir also pledged changing shooting regulations against Palestinians and the legalization of settlements. Speaking to a Hebrew…

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir Says He Will Do ‘Everything’ to Change Status Quo at Al-Aqsa

Itamar Ben-Gvir, a leader in the Israeli far-right Otzma Yehudit party and who will be Israel's national security minister in the upcoming government, has vowed to change the status quo at the Al-Aqsa mosque. Ben-Gvir also pledged to change shooting regulations against Palestinians and to legalize settlements.

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