Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of a far-right party, has sparked a new double scandal<\/p>\n
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led a major incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
\nBen-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, showed up at the compound on Sunday to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Jews call the area around the mosque Temple Mount, as it used to house two Jewish temples in ancient times before becoming the third holiest site for Muslims.
\nThe minister was accompanied by a heavily armed security detail, as well as backed up by crowds of Israeli civilians. A total of 1,143 Israelis breached the compound in several successive groups, according to the Jerusalem Governorate of the Palestinian Authority.
\nBen-Gvir was seen brandishing a massive Torah scroll and performing Talmudic rituals while onlookers cheered, footage from the scene shows.<\/p>\n
BREAKING \ud83d\udea8 Itamar Ben-Gvir raises a Torah scroll during Sukkot at the Al-Buraq Wall in occupied Jerusalem.You do not follow the Torah.Stop using our holy Torah for national gains and your g-dless political movement of Zionism. pic.twitter.com\/QQoirPrDj3\u2014 Voice of Rabbis (@voiceofrabbis) September 28, 2026 <\/p>\n
Shortly after entering the compound, Ben-Gvir stirred up further controversy, releasing on X footage of him confronting Hassan Salameh, a high-profile Palestinian prisoner, in jail. Salameh, believed to be a senior Hamas figure, has been held by Israel for three decades over the 1996 terrorist attacks, including a bus bombing.
\nFootage released by Ben-Gvir shows him alongside multiple guards armed with assault rifles meeting shackled Salameh inside a small room. \u201cI want to kill you. I want to execute you,\u201d Ben-Gvir told Salameh. The encounter left the prisoner \u201ctrembled and terrified,\u201d the minister claimed.<\/p>\n
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The stunt has been strongly condemned by various rights groups as abusive and inhumane. The Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Media Office, for instance, condemned Ben-Gvir\u2019s actions as a \u201ccriminal act\u201d and cheap political theatrics.
\nBen-Gvir has been the key proponent of the recently adopted Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, which gives Israel broad powers to execute alleged \u201cterrorists.\u201d The legislation mandates the death penalty for those convicted of deadly terrorist attacks aimed at \u201cending Israel\u2019s existence\u201d \u2013 a provision critics say effectively exempts Jewish Israelis, making the law applicable almost exclusively to Palestinians. The death penalty must be carried out within 90 days of sentencing, with no right of appeal.
\nThe far-right minister is known for inflammatory rhetoric toward Palestinians and heavy-handed treatment of prisoners, including international activists, and has been sanctioned by multiple countries for repeatedly inciting violence against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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