The UN Safety Council will meet Thursday to debate the controversial go to to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound by an Israeli minister that has enraged Palestinians.

The 15-member Council will convene at 3:00 pm (2000 GMT) on the United Nations headquarters in New York following a request by the United Arab Emirates and China.

There have been fears Tuesday’s go to by Israel’s new nationwide safety minister, firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, may spark a struggle.

Al-Aqsa mosque lies in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and is the third-holiest website in Islam. It’s the most sacred place to Jews, who seek advice from it as Temple Mount.

Underneath a longstanding established order, non-Muslims can go to the positioning at particular instances however are usually not allowed to hope there.

In recent times, a rising variety of Jews, most of them Israeli nationalists, have covertly prayed on the compound, a growth decried by Palestinians.

Western governments warned such strikes threaten the delicate association at Jerusalem’s holy websites.

Ben-Gvir’s go to sparked a wave of worldwide condemnation, together with from the US, a longstanding ally of Israel.

Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, reiterated Wednesday that the Secretary-Normal “calls on all to chorus from steps that might escalate tensions in and round Jerusalem.”

The UN Safety Council has adopted a number of resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian battle through the years and helps the two-state resolution to peace within the Center East.