(3 Jan 2023)
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Jerusalem - 3 January 2023
1. Various of the Haram al-Sharif in Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem with visitors of various faiths
2. Various of women in hijab visiting mosque complex, third holiest site in Islam
3. Wide of the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary
4. Mid of Muslims-only entrance to Noble Sanctuary
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Ekram Sabri, imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque:
"He (Ben-Gvir, ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister) is dangerous because he has the idea to control Al-Aqsa, he has the idea to divide both time of prayers and territory."
6. Close of Sheikh Ekram Sabri, imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, giving interview via videochat in his home atop Mount of Olives
7. Wide of Sabri, 85, in his home studio
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Ekram Sabri, imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque:
“They want to stuff the mouths of people and prevent them from opposing (or protesting), because Ben-Gvir intends to storm Al-Aqsa, they want to scare us so we don’t protest what happens in Al-Aqsa.”
9. Wide of the Western Wall, or Kotel, revered in Judaism as the site of the Second Temple on the side of the Al-Aqsa complex
10. Close of worshippers at the Western Wall
11. Various of a Jewish worshippers at a prayer hall on the tourist ramp to the Al-Aqsa complex that includes a model of the Second Temple
12. Various of religious Jews singing songs outside the Bab al-Haddad leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex
13. Mid of man recording a video of the dancing “It might not happen now, but it will happen.”
14. Various of Border Police station right next to the religious group in the Old City of Jerusalem next to the Bab al-Hadeed gate to Al-Aqsa
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Ekram Sabri, imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque:
“Netanyahu cannot turn the other cheek. He won’t secure the permissions to do so. He is trying to improve cooperation with Arab states and at the same time he’s doing so much against the Arabs and against the Palestinians. This is a fickle position. We say to the Arab and Islamic nations, it is on them to secure Al-Aqsa. Al-Aqsa is not just for Palestine, it is for the entire Arab and Islamic communities around the world.”
16. Various of tourists at Al-Aqsa Mosque
17. Close of Sheikh Sabri
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Ekram Sabri, imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque:
“I expect in the year 2023 that things will get hot, much more so than this previous year. For these tensions there, we place the responsibility on the shoulders of the Israeli government. If Muslims rise up, this is because of the pressure, and they are building a great pressure and this pressure will generate an explosion. The people won’t be silenced about these transgressions.”
19. Mid of al-Haram al-Sharif
20. Wide of the Old City of Jerusalem at sunset
21. Mid of the Al-Aqsa Complex above a roll of barbed wire
STORYLINE:
An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister on Tuesday visited a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for the first time since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right government took office last week.
The visit drew fierce condemnation from across the Muslim world and a strong rebuke from the United States.
Netanyahu attempted to play down the incident, saying it was in line with longstanding understandings at the disputed holy site.
But the visit by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unnerved both enemies and allies that have expressed strong misgivings about the far-right makeup of the new government.
His plans to visit, announced earlier in the week, had drawn threats from Gaza’s Hamas militant group.
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