Israeli minister’s synagogue plan faces huge flak
Global condemnations poured in after the remarks by far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir about his plan to build a synagogue at the al-Asqa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of Al-Quds.
The United Nations roundly denounced the remarks, with spokesman Stephane Dujarric saying, “These types of statements are highly counterproductive, to say the least. They risk inflaming a situation which is already bone dry,” Press TV reported.
The UN joined Qatar, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in publicly denouncing Ben-Gvir.
Earlier, the far-right Israeli minister claimed that Jews have the right to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying that he would build a synagogue at the site.
“If I could do what I wanted, a synagogue would also be established on the Temple Mount,” the extremist Israeli minister, who has a long record of making inflammatory statements, told Israel’s Army Radio on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the statements made by Ben Gvir regarding plans to establish a Jewish synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.