Itamar Ben Gvir and the Temple Mount: Conflagration or Empty Commotion?

I. Meet Itamar Ben Gvir

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security and leader of the Otzma Yehudit party in the governing coalition, went for a walk at 6 am on Tuesday, January 3.

Accompanied by a small security escort, he strolled for thirteen minutes on what may be the most hotly contested patch of land anywhere. And the world went berserk.

Known as …