Posted on 04/10/23
| News Source: i24
On Sunday, hundreds of Jewish worshipers visited the Har Habayis during the Passover holiday
Israel’s government will order Jerusalem police to block Jewish worshipers from ascending the Har Habayis during the last 10 days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Hebrew media said Sunday.
According to Israel's Channel 12, the decision was made to ease tensions that flared on the holy site over the past week. The report was met with criticism from some members of the coalition, including Israel’s Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu from the right-wing Jewish Power party.
"Any sign of weakness that we showed in the past three decades did not work. Anytime we showed weakness in front of the people who hurt us, in the end, we were hurt, us and our children,” he said.
“Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) and Likud have different mindsets and we came to change Israel's mindset. That doesn't happen in a day and we are fighting for it. This government is better than the previous government, we are moving things along through mutual respect,” he added.
On Sunday, hundreds of Jewish worshipers visited the Har Habayis amid the Passover holiday despite clashes on the previous nights between Palestinians who barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Israeli police. Several Arab countries, including Jordan, which is the custodian of the compound, warned Israel of serious consequences if the tensions around the site are not eased.