(Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday said the Palestinians would continue to take legal measures with international legitimacy to respond to the Israeli government’s violations. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s entry into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem “is the beginning of the implementation of the new policy of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that they announced,” Abbas said at
a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) that he chaired in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.”We categorically reject the policy of this (Israeli) government, but we also heard a lot of rejection of it in various countries of the world, and inside Israel,” Abbas added.
Meanwhile, in an official statement, the PLO executive committee warned of the dangerous consequences of Ben-Gvir’s visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque, calling for a speedy convening of the Arab League’s council and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation “to confront this serious crime politically.” It also called for immediately establishing practical mechanisms “to curb the aggressive escalation of the occupation government.”
On Tuesday, Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and wandered in the mosque’s courtyards for some time under strict security protection from Israeli police personnel, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.
