New Jersey Herald · 4 January 2023
CP-2023-003
Israel official’s site visit assailed
Ben-Gvir, at flashpoint, unnerves enemies, allies
Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERUSALEM — An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister on Tuesday visited a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for the first time since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right government took office last week… Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler leader who draws inspiration from a racist rabbi, entered the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary… Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said Ben-Gvir’s visit was ‘a continuation of the Zionist’s occupation aggression on our sacred places and war on our Arab identity.’
‘Our Palestinian people will continue defending their holy places and Al Aqsa Mosque,’ he said…”
Context added by this archive
The dispatch calls him a settler leader who draws inspiration from a racist rabbi, in its own voice, in the fourth paragraph.
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"Israel official’s site visit assailed," New Jersey Herald, 4 January 2023, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2023-003. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2023-003
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