Israel's Ben Gvir says he wants to build a synagogue in Al-Aqsa Mosque complex

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has said that if he could, he would build a synagogue on the Al-Asqa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. 

Under a longstanding international agreement, Jews are not allowed to pray on the site. 

"If I could do what I wanted, a synagogue would also be established on the Temple Mount," Ben Gvir told Israel's Army Radio on Monday morning. Jewish tradition refers to the Al-Aqsa site as Temple Mount.

"If I were to say that Muslims are not allowed to pray, you would kill me."

Ben Gvir said that he would not prevent a Muslim from bringing a prayer mat to the Western Wall, an important Jewish site in Jerusalem's Old City.

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