Likud MK Avichai Boaron said that Israel will take "the Tomb of the Patriarchs (the Ibrahimi Mosque) meter by meter, just as we started with one meter."

"We have a good security minister, a good defense minister and friends abroad. This is our chance. We have two years to do this. The place will not remain stuck in 1967," Poiron added.

The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs warned, on Sunday, of Israel's attempts to control the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank, and place it completely under its sovereignty.

In a statement, the ministry condemned "the statements of Likud Knesset (parliament) member Avichai Boaron, in which he called for the nationalization of the Ibrahimi Mosque, taking control of it, and placing it completely under Israeli sovereignty."

Since 1994, the Ibrahimi Mosque has been divided into two sections: one for Muslims and the other for Jews, after a Jewish settler killed 29 Muslims while they were performing the dawn prayer on February 25 of the same year.

Israel seeks to completely seize the Ibrahimi Mosque, which violates international laws.