Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of a far-right party, has sparked a new double scandal Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led a major incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, showed up at the compound on Sunday to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Jews call the area around the mosque Temple Mount, as it used to house two Jewish temples in ancient times before becoming the third holiest site for Muslims.The minister was accompanied by a heavily armed security detail, as well as backed up by crowds of Israeli civilians. A total of 1,143 Israelis breached the compound in several successive groups, according to the Jerusalem Governorate of the Palestinian Authority.Ben-Gvir was seen brandishing a massive Torah scroll and performing Talmudic rituals while onlookers cheered, footage from the scene shows.BREAKING ๐จ Itamar Ben-Gvir raises a Torah scroll during Sukkot at the Al-Buraq Wall in occupied Jerusalem.You do not follow the Torah.Stop using our holy Torah for national gains and your g-dless political movement of Zionism.pic.twitter.com/QQoirPrDj3โ Voice of Rabbis (@voiceofrabbis) September 28, 202...

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