Ben-Gvir said in a statement that he had visited the contested compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray for the return of hostages, “but without a reckless deal, without surrendering.”

The resolution against Palestinian statehood was co-sponsored by parties within Netanyahu’s coalition government, which includes far-right parties.

Knesset members from opposition leader Yair Lapid’s center-left Yesh Atid party abstained from voting in the measure, though Lapid had previously supported a…