A senior charedi lawmaker on Wednesday condemned the National Security Minister’s visit to the Har Habayis  a day earlier, claiming the visit “caused only damage.”

MK Moshe Gafni, chief of the non-Hasidic Degel HaTorah faction within the United Torah Judaism party, claimed that under Jewish law, it is forbidden to visit any part of the Har Habayis.

“My position – and I said this to Minister Ben-Gvir this morning – is that it is forbidden under Jewish law to visit the Har Habayis,” Gafni tweeted Wednesday morning.

“For generations, the great rabbis from all the communities and movements prohibited this, saying it is worthy of karet,” or spiritual extirpation.

“I hope that Minister Ben-Gvir pays attention to this, because this caused only damage, with no benefit whatsoever.”

Earlier on Wednesday, the Yated Ne’eman newspaper, which is affiliated with Degel HaTorah, castigated Ben-Gvir over his Har Habayis visit, calling it an “unnecessary and dangerous provocation.”