{"id":5535,"date":"2026-09-01T04:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:21:34","slug":"far-right-israeli-minister-storms-al-aqsa-mosque-under-police-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5535","title":{"rendered":"Far-right Israeli minister storms Al-Aqsa Mosque under police protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday under police protection, with circulating images showing him performing prayers inside.<\/p>\n<p>Ben-Gvir entered the compound accompanied by police guards and several Israeli occupiers, an official from the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem told Anadolu on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Images circulated on social media showed the minister performing prayers in the eastern section of the mosque.<\/p>\n<p>Ben-Gvir, the leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, has stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound several times, drawing widespread Palestinian, Arab, Islamic and international condemnation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2626575\/israeli-strike-kills-two-people-including-a-3-year-old-boy-gaza-medics-say\" rel=\"nofollow\">Israeli strike kills two people including a 3-year-old boy, Gaza medics say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s incursion came nearly two months before Israel\u2019s general elections, scheduled for Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Aqsa Mosque is the world&#8217;s third-holiest site for Muslims. Jews call the area Temple Mount, claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2003, Israeli police have allowed occupiers to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound daily, except Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians seek East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, citing international resolutions that do not recognize Israel\u2019s occupation of the city in 1967 or its annexation in 1980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday under police protection, with circulating images showing him performing prayers inside. Ben-Gvir entered the compound accompanied by police guards and several Israeli occupiers, an official from the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem told Anadolu on condition of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5537,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5535\/revisions\/5537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}