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The Temple Mount is in our hands?

It's been more than 46 years since the IDF radioed that the Temple Mount is in our hands. And now that the Knesset is considering a bill to finally put the Temple Mount into 'our hands' the 'Palestinian Authority' and Hamas are going ballistic. You see, until now, it has not really been in 'our hands.' And the 'Palestinians' want to keep it that way.

PA Minister for Religious Affairs Mahmoud al-Habbash said that there would be no sovereignty over the Aqsa Mosque and Islamic and Christian holy sites other than Palestinian sovereignty. “This is the full right of the Arab, including Muslims and Christians,” he said.

Al-Habbash claimed that Israel has plans to “divide” the Aqsa Mosque. “These efforts won’t succeed,” he added.

He was referring to routine visits by Jews to the Temple Mount and calls by some Israelis to impose Israeli sovereignty over the compound.

The PA minister said that only Muslims were entitled to pray at the holy site.

The Knesset is set to hold a plenary discussion on Tuesday to discuss a proposal by MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) to place the Temple Mount under Israeli supervision.

Another top PA official was quoted as warning Israel against the consequences of “desecrating the holy sites in Jerusalem.” Israel, he charged, is “playing with fire.”

In the Gaza Strip, Hamas representative Yunis al-Astal accused Israel of plotting to “destroy” the Aqsa mosque in order to build the Third Temple.

Unfortunately, I doubt the Knesset will ever pass the bill, and even if they do, you can bet that it will never be enforced.

Labels: Moshe Feiglin, Temple Mount

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:14 AM