Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit draws a UN Security Council session

On 3 January 2023, days into his tenure, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Temple Mount / al-Aqsa compound — his first as minister — despite warnings it would inflame tensions. The visit drew condemnation from the US, EU, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE and prompted a UN Security Council session. With authority over the police that enforce the site's rules, Ben-Gvir signalled intent to erode the long-standing status quo barring Jewish prayer.

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Otzma Yehudit

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Itamar Ben-Gvir minister

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit draws a UN Security Council session [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/2741d9c9-fce3-4ae9-b81e-e2fd09b5e884

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit draws a UN Security Council session." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/2741d9c9-fce3-4ae9-b81e-e2fd09b5e884.

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@misc{tayyar-event-2741d9c9-fce3-4ae9-b81e-e2fd09b5e884,
  title     = {{Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit draws a UN Security Council session}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/2741d9c9-fce3-4ae9-b81e-e2fd09b5e884},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2023-01-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2023-01-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.