Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s recent call to change the fragile status quo of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to allow Jewish prayer at the holy site deliberately deepens tensions. “I am the political leadership, and the leadership allows Jews to pray on the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Mosque), and I performed prayers there last week. There is no reason to prevent Jews from entering parts of the Temple Mount,” the far-right minister said during a Knesset session on 24 July. A week earlier, the Jewish Power leader had toured the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provoca…