Muslim mobs force police to eject Jews from Temple Mount

While the Temple Mount evokes such strong Muslim emotions, it is no longer clear that it does the same for most Jews.

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Muslim mobs force police to eject Jews from Temple Mount on Monday, the day before Tisha B'Av  

With all the talk of ongoing Israel-PA negotiations and imminent agreements on splitting Jerusalem, and/or withdrawing from the Jordan Valley and/or creating a 23rd Arab state between Jordan and the Mediterranean, one critical aspect seems to be creating its own reality: 

The Temple Mount, site of the holy Temples in Jerusalem. At present, the Mount is living a dual and contradictory existence: 

Out of sight and out of mind for most Jews, yet considered the most volatile spot in the entire Middle East, with the potential to detonate the entire area. Listen to what the Islamic Movement in Israel – a barely legal extremist organization – says. Its vice-chairman Sheikh Kamal Al-Hatib announced that the “Palestinian nation will rise up to protect the Al Aksa Mosque” and that the mosque is “the mouth of a volcano [that] threatens to explode.” This particular sheikh serves in the Islamic Movement under Sheikh Raad Salach, who was convicted last week of anti-Israel incitement, and not for the first time.

print tell a friend Muslim mobs force police to eject Jews from Temple Mount on Monday, the day before Tisha B'Av Muslim mobs force police to eject Jews from Temple Mount on Monday, the day before Tisha B'Av Photo Credit: Screenshot With all the talk of ongoing Israel-PA negotiations and imminent agreements on splitting Jerusalem, and/or withdrawing from the Jordan Valley and/or creating a 23rd Arab state between Jordan and the Mediterranean, one critical aspect seems to be creating its own reality: The Temple Mount, site of the holy Temples in Jerusalem. At present, the Mount is living a dual and contradictory existence: Out of sight and out of mind for most Jews, yet considered the most volatile spot in the entire Middle East, with the potential to detonate the entire area. Listen to what the Islamic Movement in Israel – a barely legal extremist organization – says. Its vice-chairman Sheikh Kamal Al-Hatib announced that the “Palestinian nation will rise up to protect the Al Aksa Mosque” and that the mosque is “the mouth of a volcano [that] threatens to explode.” This particular sheikh serves in the Islamic Movement under Sheikh Raad Salach, who was convicted last week of anti-Israel incitement, and not for the first time.

Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/columns/keeping-jerusalem/temple-mount-police-at-breaking-point/2013/11/14/

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