“Israel’s policy of maintaining the status quo on the Temple Mount has not changed and will not change,”

Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Wednesday that he has prayed atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and intends to allow all Jews to openly pray at Judaism’s holiest site, changing the status quo that has existed there since 1967.

“I was at the Temple Mount last week. I prayed on the Temple Mount, and we pray on the Temple Mount,” Ben-Gvir declared during a summit on the issue hosted at the Knesset, adding, “I am the political echelon, and the political echelon permits prayer on the Temple Mount.