(Algemeiner-i24News) Andrew Bernard - Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan on Thursday slammed the emergency UN Security Council meeting on an Israeli minister's visit to the Temple Mount. "Why are we holding an emergency session for something as simple as a Jew walking to the holiest site in Judaism?" "There is absolutely no reason that this emergency session should be held. To hold a Security Council session on a non-event is truly absurd. Israel's Minister of National Security's visit to the Temple Mount lasted 13 minutes in a peaceful and orderly fashion, without causing any destruction. This visit was not an incursion into Al-Aqsa or any other fabrication that the Palestinians branded his visit. Minister Ben-Gvir's visit was in line with the status quo, and whoever claims otherwise is only inflaming the situation." "There are some countries that believe in religious tolerance and they are building, right now, interfaith complexes where Jews, Christians, and Muslims can pray side by side. Tragically, the Palestinian terror authority prefers violence over tolerance." Erdan argued that it was the Palestinians, not Israel, who threatened the status quo on the Temple Mount. "The Palestinian Authority is making it clear that not only is Jewish prayer intolerable on the Temple Mount, but so is any Jewish presence. This is what changing the status quo looks like and this is pure antisemitism. This institution and the Security Council in particular must stop legitimizing the Palestinians' lies and promoting their false and dangerous narrative."
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