The occupation's Minister of Internal Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, announced his intention to establish a Jewish synagogue in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Ben Gvir said in an interview with an Israeli radio station this morning that the law equalizes the rights of Muslims and Jews to perform prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Ben Gvir added: “My policy allows prayer on the Temple Mount, and there are no restrictions on Jewish prayer.”

Ben Gvir's statements were met with angry reactions from religious and national authorities and official Palestinian bodies. Hamas confirmed that what Ben Gvir revealed about his intention to build a Jewish synagogue inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque represents a dangerous announcement that reflects the nature of the occupation government's intentions towards Al-Aqsa and its Arab and Islamic identity.

In a press statement, the movement called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the occupied interior to mobilize and rally at Al-Aqsa and its courtyards, and to confront the occupation's plans. It also called for escalating the clash with the occupation and its settler gangs.

Meanwhile, the official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said that Ben Gvir’s calls to establish a synagogue inside Al-Aqsa are “very dangerous,” stressing that “the Palestinian people will not accept any tampering with the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is a red line that cannot be allowed to be tampered with at all.”

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered Ben Gvir's statements as a public and explicit call to demolish Al-Aqsa and build the alleged temple in its place.

In a statement, the ministry strongly condemned the storming of the mosque by extremist Jews and their performance of Talmudic dances and prayers in its courtyards, including the so-called epic prostration and others, warning of the dangers resulting from Ben Gvir’s calls as “a recipe for blowing up the conflict arena and the entire region.”