Itamar Ben-Gvir
Police arrested or detained 317 Jewish visitors to the holy site in 2023.
“Allowing laborers from the Palestinian Authority into the State of Israel endangers citizens’ lives,” the minister said.
The incident in eastern Jerusalem is being investigated.
“Someone has got confused and forgot who is the enemy and who is the beloved,” Ben-Gvir tweeted.
“My policy within the office is to allow as many people as possible to receive weapons,” said the Israeli National Security Minister.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had instructed police to employ “an iron fist” to prevent celebrations from taking place.
“Victory celebrations give backing to those human scum, for those Nazis,” the national security minister said.
“We must definitely carry out the provisions of the law in relation to those Nazis of Nukhba,” Moshe Arbel said.
Standby squads serve as first-response defense teams, holding down the fort until the security services arrive.
The minister also relaxed restrictions on firearm permits for Israeli civilians.
“Israel in an emergency. We must unite and win,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The national security minister was excluded from a recent security assessment, and is reportedly frustrated by the coalition’s unwillingness to harshen conditions for security prisoners.
