Tensions are high following several days of violence in and around the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Israeli police blocked a flag march through the Old City's Muslim Quarter on Wednesday
The prevailing feeling was that as the leader of an ideologically diverse coalition, which includes an Arab Islamist party, Mr Bennett had sold out and failed to deal effectively with recent tensions in Jerusalem. The prime minister accused Mr Ben Gvir of a "political provocation", adding that his intended actions would have endangered police and soldiers whom, he said, were fighting terrorism "with determination".
Israeli police sent up clouds of tear gas, threw stun grenades, and hit people with batons. They said they acted to stop masked rioters, some of whom had thrown fireworks and stones towards the adjacent Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews are allowed to pray. Adding to the tensions at al-Aqsa Mosque is the idea that there could be changes to long-standing "status quo" arrangements. Israel denies that is the case and says that it acts to preserve freedom of worship.
"This has been going on for years now. It's not new. It's not any change in the status quo," said the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, in a briefing to journalists, which underlined the confusion and contentiousness about what is allowed.
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