Ben-Gvir Announces Jews May Pray and Bow on Temple Mount

Visiting the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced that Jews were allowed to pray and bow down at the site. Netanyahu's office had denied similar statements before, and Jordan condemned the visit as a violation of the historical and legal status quo, with Hamas and ultra-Orthodox MK Moshe Gafni also critical. The minister announced from the Mount itself what the 1967 arrangement forbids.