Ambassador Martin Indyk, the former US envoy to the Middle East peace process, called on the US administration to put pressure on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deter it from taking provocative steps against the Palestinians.

He said - in his speech to the "Behind the News" program - that the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, and a group of settlers stormed - this morning, Tuesday - the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, is an indication of the Netanyahu government's approach, which aims to change the status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Jews are not currently allowed to pray there.

And with his assertion that the US administration will not cut off annual military aid to Tel Aviv, the former US envoy suggested that Washington would resort, in the event that the Netanyahu government insisted on its position and acted contrary to US interests, to use other cards such as not protecting it from international sanctions, especially sanctions. The United Nations and the International Criminal Court, and he said that there are other means of pressure that the Biden administration can use to force Israel to respect the red lines.

The United Nations General Assembly recently adopted a resolution requesting a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legal implications of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

The American guest stated that the Biden administration is still thinking about the way it deals with the new Israeli government, and there are issues such as settlements and Israeli efforts to annex the West Bank waiting to be discussed with it during the meeting of the two parties, stressing in the same context that the United States cares about Netanyahu and does not care about the extremist ministers in his government. And headed by Ben Ghafir.  

A spokesman for the White House National Security Council said today, Tuesday, that "the United States strongly supports maintaining the status quo with regard to the holy sites in Jerusalem. Any unilateral action that undermines the status quo is unacceptable," adding that the United States calls on Netanyahu to maintain his commitment to the situation. of sacred sites.

Conflict resolution strategy

As for the expert on Israeli affairs, Dr. Saleh Al-Naami, Netanyahu knows very well that the Americans' condemnation of his government's actions against the Palestinians will not stop their support for Israel, and therefore he will proceed with his plans drawn up by the extremist ministers in his government.

In his interview with the episode (3/1/2023) of the “Beyond the News” program, Al-Naami mentioned that Al-Aqsa Mosque is 100% Islamic, and that Jewish extremists have no right to pray in it. That it stops the strategy of managing the conflict and moves to the strategy of resolving the conflict, which is based on the issue of desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by allowing the Jews to perform their prayers inside it, in addition to annexing Area C to the occupation and decisively confronting the Palestinian resistance.

The Palestinian expert stressed that the issue of Al-Aqsa Mosque is extremely dangerous, because the religious trend in the Tel Aviv government has a comprehensive strategy that it is trying to impose, including the establishment of the Temple on the ruins of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

It is noteworthy that several countries condemned the storming of the Israeli Minister of National Security and a group of settlers into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, under police protection, in conjunction with the first session held by the new Netanyahu government.

The Palestinian factions considered the raid an unacceptable provocation that portended dire consequences, and the Palestinian Authority considered it a serious challenge to the feelings of the Palestinians.