Israel Matzav

'Palestinians' fear storming of al-Aqsa

The 'Palestinians' have made up another story about the Jooos trying to storm the al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount.

Israeli forces carried out a simulation drill modeling the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday evening, the Al-Aqsa Foundation told the Hamas-affiliated Voice of Palestine news site.

Foundation officials described a series of military drills in the Ben Shemen forest area west of Jerusalem, saying officials were concerned by the move and responded by sending a group of staff members to the area.

Upon their return, the foundation said, staff reported seeing several large replicas of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque enclosed by a green plastic fence inside which troops were deployed.

A military spokesman reportedly told the Voice of Palestine that the exercises were being done ahead of the month of Ramadan which begins on 10 August. The official was quoted as saying officials expected stone throwing and were preparing a response.

Palestinian official in Israel Zahi Nujeidat told the news site that the "drills exposed Israel's malicious intentions against the Aqsa Mosque and its dreams of building the alleged temple of Solomon in its place."

It is most unlikely that the IDF would destroy the al-Aqsa mosque and try to rebuild the Temple (in fact, the prophet Ezekiel says that the Third Temple will descend from the Heavens and will not be built here on earth).

It is far more likely that the troops will need to stop and arrest stone throwers (and worse) who are likely to use the 'holy mosque' as a hiding place for themselves and their weapons.

Note that reference to 'alleged temple' from the 'moderate' Fatah organization's news service.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:18 AM