Veteran Middle East analyst Yoni Ben Menachem said Sunday that Palestinian discourse, social media, and Arab press show signs of a third intifada centered on the Temple Mount. Speaking on Channel 14, he warned that Hamas will try to exploit the religious issue, using Jewish visits to the site as a catalyst.
Yoni Ben Menachem, a senior Middle East analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign and Security Affairs, issued the warning during a panel on Channel 14 this morning. He said he sees signs in Palestinian discourse, social media, and Arab press of a third intifada centered on the Temple Mount. Ben Menachem warned that Hamas will try to exploit the religious issue, as it did during Operation Guardian of the Walls and the Second Intifada, and that Jewish visits to the site are a catalyst. He called for close monitoring of developments.
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