Israel is trying to prevent the UN Security Council from convening to discuss the infiltration of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir into Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, according to a secret cable sent by the Israeli Foreign Ministry today, Wednesday, to 15 Israeli ambassadors to the member states of the Security Council, according to what was revealed by the Walla website.

The head of the International Organizations Department at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Toa Forman, sent a telegram described as “urgent,” in which she instructed to “urgently address” the parties addressed by the Israeli embassies in those countries, to oppose the Security Council’s discussion of Ben Gvir’s infiltration into the mosque and to prevent the issuance of a decision or statement by the Security Council presidency or a statement to the press.

The cable asked Israeli diplomats to claim that the Security Council would hold open discussions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on January 18, that anyone could speak during it and that there was no need to hold other separate discussions.

“It must be emphasized that the Palestinians are once again trying to use the UN to antagonize Israel,” Forman wrote in the cable. She demanded that Israeli diplomats tell their interlocutors that discussing the Al-Aqsa Mosque or issuing a Security Council statement “will give support to Hamas and terrorist organizations that use Jerusalem to encourage violence.”

The cable added that Israeli ambassadors should claim that Israel is “committed to the status quo” at Al-Aqsa Mosque, and that Ben-Gvir’s infiltration into it “did not violate the status quo.”

Walla predicted that a discussion in the UN Security Council on the Palestinian issue, one week after the inauguration of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, would lead to increased international pressure on Israel, and that the issuance of a resolution or statement by the Security Council would be interpreted as a political victory for the Palestinians.

China and the UAE took the initiative to hold a session of the UN Security Council, at the request of the Palestinian Authority, and the two member states of the Council asked the Japanese representative, who is currently the president of the Security Council, to hold an open emergency meeting of the Council to discuss the events in occupied Jerusalem.

The Security Council is expected to hold deliberations at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow, Jerusalem time.

Countries around the world strongly condemned Ben Gvir's infiltration into Al-Aqsa Mosque, after Netanyahu approved it. Among the countries condemning him were the United States, Jordan, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Netanyahu's planned visit to the Emirates next week was also cancelled. Sources in Netanyahu's office said that this visit has been postponed and will take place later this month.