Saudi Arabia condemned on Tuesday the “provocative practices” of Israeli far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem earlier in the day. The Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed the Kingdom’s regret at the practices of the Israeli authorities, which it said undermine international peace efforts and violate international norms and principles of respecting religious sanctities. It underlined Saudi Arabia’s firm stance in standing by the Palestinian people and all efforts aimed at ending the Israeli occupation and reaching a lasting and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The solution must allow the Palestinian people to establish their independent state according to the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.