# National security minister Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in his first week Date: 2023 ## The fact On 3 January 2023 [Itamar Ben-Gvir](/people/itamar-ben-gvir), Israel’s new minister of national security, visited the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem for about fifteen minutes under heavy guard. NYT and Reuters recorded the walk and the same-day condemnations from Jordan, the [Palestinian Authority](/organizations/palestinian-authority) and others. [Netanyahu](/people/benjamin-netanyahu) said the status quo was unchanged and that ministers including [Gilad Erdan](/people/gilad-erdan) had gone up. It passed without incident that morning. Do not invent a unique death from that Tuesday as Contribution.size. ## Context He had been sworn five days earlier. Police escorted. He did not sit as Hamas or as Jordan’s custodianship. 29 December 2022 oath is parent. 10 June 2025 sanctions are a later child. Keep National security minister Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in his first week on 2023-01-03 separate from neighbouring 29 December 2022 appointment, 3 January 2023 Temple Mount visit, 19 January 2025 resignation, 19 March 2025 return, and 10 June 2025 partner sanctions. The minister of national security of Israel sits over the police and prison service. He does not sit as every officer on the Temple Mount, as the IDF, as Hamas, or as a UK sanctions listing. Benjamin Netanyahu is the live prime minister; this run does not mint a cleaner twin. ## Evidence and sources Government of Israel carries the official instrument or communique. The New York Times records the same dated act independently. ## Significance The path is holy-site escalation: a completed first-week ministerial visit to the flashpoint compound. ## What is established and what is not Established: He visited for about fifteen minutes on 3 January 2023; the visit drew international condemnation; it passed without incident that morning. Not established: A unique later casualty integer from that Tuesday, or that a 15-minute walk is the same instrument as later Tisha B’Av prayer. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Police escorted. Netanyahu issued a status-quo statement. Neighbouring states condemned.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies National security minister Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in his first week, not a later speech about National security minister Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in his first week. Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. National security minister Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in his first week on 2023-01-03 is not a licence to treat every later Government of Israel communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average National security minister Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif in his first week into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He made the visit. Police escorted. Netanyahu issued a status-quo statement. Neighbouring states condemned. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. ## People - Itamar Ben-Gvir: https://factrail.ai/people/itamar-ben-gvir ## Drivers - Civic Space: https://factrail.ai/drivers/civic-space - Ben-Gvir national security ministry and holy-site escalation: https://factrail.ai/drivers/ben-gvir-national-security ## Sources - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/world/middleeast/israel-ben-gvir-holy-site.html - https://www.gov.il/en ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/il-bengvir-temple-mount-2023