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Israeli sentiment on the war in Gaza is shifting
During the annual fast for the sacking of Jerusalem on August 3rd, worshippers mourn the Jewish temple the Roman army destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago. This year Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national-security minister, led thousands of Jews in prayer on Temple Mount and promised to rebuild the temple in place of the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim shrine. But on a rooftop on the other side of the city some Jews lament destruction past and present. 'Gaza is desolate and laid ruin. We are the new Romans,' a religious leader with the Faithful Left, a group that has flourished during the war, tells his flock.
