<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The United States said Sunday it was "concerned by today's provocative visit" by Israel's right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This holy space should not be used for political purposes, and we call on all parties to respect its sanctity," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ben-Gvir's visit came three days after he and tens of thousands of Jewish nationalists marched through the Old City and just over a week into a fragile Gaza ceasefire. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>