Joint List MK Jamal Zahalka attempted to visit the Temple Mount on Thursday afternoon, defying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ban on MKs visiting the flashpoint site in Jerusalem.<br />When asked if his own actions were not also inflammatory, Zahalka responded: "There is a big difference between me and right-wing MKs and ministers that come here to do harm.<br />The northern branch of the Islamic Movement held a press conference on Thursday morning, addressing the intention to outlaw the party amid claims that it is behind the incitement in Jerusalem.<br />Earlier on Thursday, MK Haneen Zoabi of the Joint List responded to Netanyahu's decision to bar MKs from the Temple Mount.<br />"We will not obey a fascist demand," Zoabi said, "and we will fight against it as we fight against every element of Netanyahu's fascist policy.<br />"Netanyahu has no legal or moral grounds for preventing Arab MKs from going to the mosque."
