Israeli Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi has controversially proposed bombing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and attributing the attack to Iran in an effort to provoke discord between Arabs and Iranians.
His inflammatory comments emerge against a backdrop of escalating tensions and a series of aggressive provocations by Israeli settlers at the site.
“If it were up to me, I would bomb Al-Aqsa Mosque and claim that a missile from Iran hit it to provoke a conflict between Arabs and Iranians,” Rabbi Mizrachi said.
Last week, approximately 1,400 Israeli settlers besieged the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a single day, performing provocative rituals and chanting slogans that desecrated the site’s sanctity.
Their actions were deliberately timed to align with what they assert is the anniversary of a temple’s destruction—an event not acknowledged by either international consensus.
The Rabbi’s comments also echo the Israeli government’s broader stance on Al-Aqsa mosque. Some Israeli officials and extremist groups have openly expressed a desire to demolish the mosque, citing unproven claims that the ruins of a Jewish temple lie beneath it.
This ideology fuels the ongoing battle and aspirations to replace the historic mosque with a structure of their own making.
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