Jerusalem is using diplomatic channels to reduce repercussions from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit ahead of the Mideast-related UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, i24NEWS reported.
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The report said that Israeli Ambassador of the UAE Amir Hayek held a phone call with UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy. In the call, the Israeli envoy stressed that the visit to the holy site does not represent a change in the status quo and that the incoming government has no intention of promulgating such changes.
"The Emirati minister showed a willingness to calm the situation but also explained Abu Dhabi's sensitive position as a representative of the Arab League in the UN Security Council, which wishes to maintain its credibility as a balancing force in the region," the i24NEWS report claimed.
The UN Security Council confirmed on Wednesday that it will hold a meeting on the "Palestinian question," addressing the international response to Minister Ben-Gvir's visit to the Temple Mount. Immediately after Ben-Gvir went to Jerusalem's flashpoint holy site, the UAE and China asked the UN Security Council to add this item to the pre-scheduled Mideast meeting's agenda.
UAE as well as Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia were outraged over the visit, which was the first by an Israeli government minister in five years. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism and the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam.
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