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Jordan wants to boot Israeli ambassador

editor 18 May 2013

Jordan’s parliament on Wednesday voted unanimously to eject Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo over this week’s arrest of Jerusalem Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Hussein. Jordan technically exercises religious control over the Temple Mount, though Palestinian Authority-appointed officials have been effectively been running the show for over a decade.

Jordanian Interior Minister Hussein Mahalia summoned Nevo to express his country’s severe condemnation of the mufti’s detention.

Israel arrested the mufti on Tuesday for his role in inciting violence against Israeli police stationed at the holy site. The police officers were attacked because they had tried to quiet a Muslim youth who was loudly hurling insults at Jewish visitors.

Israeli President Shimon Peres sent a message to Jordan stressing Israel’s commitment to the peace treaty between the two nations and to freedom of religion in Jerusalem.

The Jordanian outburst over what amounted to Israel slapping the mufti on the wrist is par for the course. At the same time, these self-declared defenders of religious freedom think it perfectly acceptable to deny Jews and Christians the right to pray at the Temple Mount, the most holy site in the world for Jews and many Christians.

From:
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/23838/Default.aspx?ref=newsletter-20130510

Tags: Daniel Nevo, Home, Israel, Jordan, Temple mount
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Jews attacked for praying on Temple Mount

editor 18 May 2013

By Ryan Jones.. Five Jewish men were arrested on Wednesday (May 8, 2013) for quietly praying atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, an expression of faith that caused the many Muslims around them to explode in fury. Police stationed at the sensitive holy site said a mob of Muslims gathered around the Jewish men, hurling insults and nearly coming to blows before Islamic officials stepped in to restore calm on the condition the Jewish worshipers be arrested. (more…)

Tags: Home, Israel, Jerusalem, Jews, Temple mount
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Police nab Temple Mount terrorists

editor 12 April 2013

By Israel Today Staff.. Israel on Sunday (April 7, 2013) revealed that its security forces recently captured a Hamas terrorist cell operating out of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The five-man cell had been behind a string of recent stone and firebomb attacks on and around the Temple Mount. Nine Israeli police officers were wounded last month in one of the firebomb attacks. Materials to make the firebombs were smuggled onto the Temple Mount by Arab children, whom the terrorists knew were less likely to be searched by Israeli security. (more…)

Tags: Home, Israel, Jerusalem, Temple mount, terrorism
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A New Muslim Vision: Rebuilding Salomon’s Temple Together

editor 27 March 2013

To cast believers out is a heinous and cruel policy, an offense not only to men, but to Islam.

By Sinem Tezyapar.. The importance of the Temple Mount to Judaism and to Islam makes the location vulnerable to tensions and conflicts between Jews and Muslims. Usually, these incidents originate in rumors such as: “The Jews are coming today to bomb the mosques and build their Third Temple.” Obviously, false accusations and baseless suspicions like these turn the site from a holy place of prayer and love into a site of violent political demonstrations. And, consequently, potential escalation of tension brings more restrictions and discomfort to all. Who benefits from this? Surely not the believers. (more…)

Tags: Home, Israel, Jerusalem, Jordanian Waqf, muslims, Temple mount, Third Temple
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Palestinians warn Obama over Temple Mount visit

editor 1 March 2013

By Israel Today Staff.. Palestinian political and religious figures over the weekend warned US President Barack Obama that he should probably avoid ascending Jerusalem’s Temple Mount during his upcoming visit to Israel, but provided a list of instructions should he go ahead with a stop at the contentious holy site. (more…)

Tags: Anti-Semitism, Home, Israel, Obama, Temple mount
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Jerusalem Mayor: Let Jews pray on Temple Mount

editor 6 November 2012

By Ryan Jones.. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last week (week 44, 2012 ed.) said it was time for Israel to finally implement true religious freedom and allow Jews to pray atop the Temple Mount. ”The government is ultimately responsible for whether or not Jews can pray on the Temple Mount, not the Jerusalem municipality,” Barkat told students at a religious high school. (more…)

Tags: Home, Israel, Jerusalem, Temple mount
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Large Water Reservoir from First Temple Period Unearthed Near Western Wall

editor 13 September 2012

By Dr. Charles Dyer.. Just when you think they can’t possibly uncover any more exciting finds in Jerusalem, archaeologists make yet another amazing discovery—an underground reservoir dating back to the First Temple period. It was dug sometime between the time of Solomon and the Babylonian captivity and shows the expanding city’s need for water. This was discovered underneath Robinson’s arch on the southwest corner of the Temple Mount…below the drainage channel recently uncovered in the same area. (more…)

Tags: First Temple period, Home, Temple mount, water reservoir
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Ancient Hebrew seal discovered near Jerusalem’s First Temple

editor 20 June 2012

A 2,000-year-old seal bearing a name similar to that of Israel’s prime minister was discovered during excavations near the Western Wall, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.

The find was made near the remains of a building dating to the end of the First Temple period, discovered below the base of an ancient drainage channel that is currently being exposed in excavations in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden, adjacent to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. (more…)

Tags: archeology, excavations, First Temple period, Home, Temple mount
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The Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem: The urgent need for a permanent access bridge

editor 26 October 2011

By Nadav Shragai.. During the winter of 2004, the sand embankment in Jerusalem’s Old City known as the Mughrabi Ascent – which provides access to the Mughrabi Gate of the Temple Mount from the area of the Western Wall – collapsed due to rainstorms, snow, and a minor earthquake. (more…)

Tags: Home, Mughrabi Gate, Temple mount
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Jihad at Temple – Height of Hypocrisy

Henk Kamsteeg 19 October 2009

By Henk Kamsteeg
The Temple Muslim Students Association is attempting to shut down the scheduled appearance of Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders at Temple and Columbia universities on October 20 and 21. (more…)

Tags: jihad, Temple mount
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