Ben Gvir's storming of Al-Aqsa.. A security session in Israel and pressure from Tel Aviv to prevent the issuance of a condemning statement by the Security Council

The Israeli Cabinet for Security and Political Affairs (the Cabinet) will hold a special session today, Thursday, against the backdrop of international reactions condemning the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Tuesday.

Tel Aviv is also exerting pressure on the member states of the UN Security Council, to prevent the issuance of a statement from the Council - during an upcoming session today - denouncing Ben Gvir's storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli media said that cabinet ministers will receive a security briefing from the leaders of the Israeli security services during the session regarding the repercussions of the raid and reactions.

This is the first session of the Cabinet since the formation of the new government, and it also coincides with an emergency session of the Security Council at the request of a Palestinian-Jordanian to discuss the storming and other developments in Jerusalem and the vandalism committed by settlers in the cemetery of the Evangelical Church in occupied Jerusalem.

Prior to the upcoming session, the Council of Arab Ambassadors to the United Nations, representatives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met with the President of the UN Security Council.

The discussions centered on Arab and Islamic resentment over the storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the countries' expectations of the Security Council, and the details of today's emergency session.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that the Israeli side is taking a vigorous move to thwart the issuance of a statement by the council that includes a denunciation of Israel.

And the commission continued, "It was reported that Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Ardan, is exerting great pressure in this regard, and he believes that the United States will impose a veto on any request regarding (imposing) actual, practical sanctions against Israel."

Arab and Islamic countries had called on the Council earlier to issue an explicit condemnation during its meeting of the storming step, which sparked a wide international wave of condemnation.

"It is the responsibility of the international community to decide to preserve and protect the historic status quo in Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sites," said the Palestinian UN delegate, Riyad Mansour, to reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York, surrounded by dozens of Arab and Muslim ambassadors to the organization.

"We want this behavior (in the courtyard of) Al-Aqsa Mosque not to be repeated again, and we want a guarantee that the status quo (in the holy places in Jerusalem) will be respected by deeds, not just words," the Palestinian delegate added.

In turn, the Jordanian UN ambassador, Mahmoud Dhaifallah Hammoud, described Ben Gvir's storming of the Al-Aqsa courtyards as "an extremist act that is likely to result in a new cycle of violence."

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said yesterday, Wednesday, that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "calls on all parties to refrain from taking measures that could increase tension in and around Jerusalem," and the United Nations stressed the day before yesterday, Tuesday, "the importance of maintaining the status quo in the holy places ".

provocative behavior

In turn, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed yesterday - during a call to his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen - Ankara's rejection of the "provocative" behavior of the Israeli Minister of National Security towards Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The German government also described the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque as provocative, and called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abide by the status quo in the holy sites.

Washington also expressed its opposition to any unilateral measures that undermine the status quo in the holy sites in Jerusalem.

The European Union criticized Ben Gvir's visit to what it called a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, and the German news agency quoted a spokesman for the European Union's foreign policy official, Josep Borrell, as saying that the EU countries are concerned about the steps that contradict the preservation of the status quo of the holy sites.