By Jehovah Brayner pen/ Haaretz (adapted)

The head of the "Jewish Force" party, Itamar Ben-Gvir, set his next goal of changing the current situation in Al-Masjid Al Aqsa, but he did not explicitly say it to not provoke the Likud President Benjamin Netanyahu, where settlers are allowed to pray in it.

In 2022, Ben Gvir asked Netanyahu to endorse Jewish prayers at Al Masjid, which police now forbid. Netanyahu rejected this request, but Netanyahu is now a different person, after changing his policy. So, he will find it difficult to reject Ben Gvir request to allow Jewish prayers in the sanctuary, even if the price was a political confrontation and escalation on the ground.

A red dot was put in Netanyahu's file because of the riots in the Buraq Wall tunnel in 1996. Any change in the sanctuary's surroundings could lead to a severe escalation in the security situation, even if the changes Ben Gvir plans to make will be made quietly and in small steps.  As the latter is responsible for the police and defines its policy of action, he could give orders to the Inspector General of Police and the District Commander to expand the policy of disregard.

Whispering prayers will turn into loud and more collective prayers. In return, the policy of law enforcement will intensify further until the situation stabilizes as a tradition in the place, and the Inspector General of Police will find it difficult to stand up to the public wish of the Minister of National Security, whose wind is blowing in Hebron and in the corridors of the police command.