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Islamic Movement leader Sheik Ra'ad Salah standing outside the Dung Gate, an entrance to Jeruslaem's Old City, near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Wed. (AP) Last update - 23:06 07/02/2007 Livni: Extremists using J'lem dig for their own political benefit By Haaretz Service and Agencies Foreing Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday that Israel would never do anything to harm freedom of worship for all religions in Jerusalem, and that certain groups are using excavations near the Temple Mount for their own political gain. "The Temple Mount is the site most holy to the Jewish people," said Livni in a statement posted on the Foreign Minsitry Web site. "The State ofIsrael will never to anything to harm the freedom of worship of members of all religions - in Jerusalem or anywhere in Israel." "There are irresponsible elements, who know full well that no harm is being caused here to any holy site, who are exploiting Israeli democracy to fan religious feelings for political gain," Livni continued. "This is true of both political groups within Israel and extremist elements outside Israel." Advertisement On Tuesday Israel began building a walkway up to the compound in the Old City, saying the construction is required to replace a centuries-old earthen ramp that partially collapsed in a snowstorm three years ago. Access to the Temple Mount compound, which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, was restricted for a second consecutive day Wednesday due to fears of further protests over the work in the area. The digging will use smaller excavating tools, and is supervised by a team of archaeologists. The excavations are intended to strengthen the support columns of the Mugrabi bridge. Four additional columns to be built will be located on the grounds of the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden next to the Dung Gate. Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Wednesday issued a ruling prohibiting the head of the Islamic Movement Northern Branch, Sheikh Ra'ad Salah, from approaching Jerusalem's Old City for ten days. Salah and six other people were detained after what police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld called a "brawl" with officers guarding the construction site. Salah and the head of the Jerusalem Supreme Muslim Council Ikrima Sabri called this week for all Muslims in Israel to flock to the Temple Mount complex to prevent Israel from actions that they say are meant to destroy the Mugrabi Gate. Islamic Movement deputy chief Kamel Hatib said that holding up Salah for questioning is "a provocative act, the purpose of which is only retaliation." Three Palestinian youths were detained after throwing stones at a bus near a school on Sultan Suleiman Street in East Jerusalem in protest against the excavation. Also Wednesday, the Justice Ministry said it is reviewing the legality of the building permit issued by the Licensing Authority in Jerusalem for the construction of the Mugrabi bridge walkway that serves as the primary entrance to the Mount. The investigation is expected to be completed next week. The Justice Ministry said that "even if it is decided that is was not appropriate to issue a permit to construct the bridge based on the building program currently in place, there are no obstacles to advance a new program for building the bridge." The Israel Antiquities Authority said the ongoing work is not being conducted on the basis of a building permit, but rather the excavation represents a "rescue operation" which is expected to last several months and does not require a permit. The Hadash and Balad party factions passed no-confidence motions on the government in response to the excavations. Hadash Chairman Mohammed Barakeh said "a government that always stoops to provocations and bloodshed has to go." The Islamic Movement on Wednesday called on supporters to rally the following day to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque, to complement the demonstration planned for Friday in Nazareth. Egypt's top Muslim cleric called Israeli excavations near a compound housing the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem a "sinful aggression" and appealed on Wednesday for global action to protect the site. Israel began the work on Tuesday, prompting Palestinian protests and Israeli assurances the dig would not harm the shrine. "Whoever can write should write. Whoever has a word to say should say it. Whoever can defend Al-Aqsa using art should do so," Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi told reporters. He called for immediate intervention by the UN Security Council and "all international organizations, governments and peoples". Tantawi is the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mosque, one of the oldest and most prominent seats of Sunni Muslim religious thinking. Asked whether Muslims should invoke jihad, or holy struggle, to protect Al-Aqsa, he said: "Jihad is a religious duty on every person, to do what is in their capacity to do." Also Wednesday, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on Islamic nations to retaliate against Israel for the excavation, state television reported. "The world of Islam should show a serious reaction to the Zionist regime's insult to Al-Aqsa Mosque," the station quoted Khamenei as saying during a meeting with Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, the leader of Damascus-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Khamenei did not say what sort of response he intended, but he said the Islamic world should make Israel regret what it is doing. Police on Tuesday decided to restrict access to the Temple Mount and deployed security forces throughout the Old City of Jerusalem, fearing that violent protest, specifically by members of the Islamic Movement, may break out in the city. All men under the age of 45 were barred from from prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Jews and tourists were also forbidden from visiting the compound. The Temple Mount compound is the holiest site in Judaism. The compound is referred to by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, and houses the third holiest site in Islam. Abbas: Dig likely to endanger peace efforts Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday that the work was likely to endanger regional peace efforts, Israel Radio reported. He said the excavation demonstrated Israel's intentions to destroy holy Islamic sites, the radio said. Jordan's King Abdullah II said Tuesday that the excavation has led to a dangerous rise in Middle East tensions and could derail the revival of Arab-Israeli peace talks. "What Israel is doing in its practices and attacks against our sacred Muslim sites in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa is a blatant violation that is not acceptable under any pretext," the state news agency Petra quoted the monarch as saying. "These measures will only create an atmosphere that will not at all help in the success of efforts being undertaken to restore the peace process," Abdullah said. "This is a dangerous escalation we have seen in the last few hours ... these works and excavations pose a threat to the foundations of Al-Aqsa," he added. Police on Tuesday arrested four Muslim worshippers who threw stones at the Antiquities Authority excavation underneath the Mugrabi Gate. The Islamic Movement said Tuesday that it plans to hold a demonstration against the excavations on Friday. MK Talab El-Sana (United Arab List) cautioned Tuesday that the excavations were likely to ignite a third intifada, that will include protests and conflict throughout the Arab and Muslim world. "The Israeli government is again provoking the Muslim world and the Palestinian people, and is not hesitating to ignite the region on behalf of irresponsible decisions," El-Sana said. El-Sana accused the government of trying to "deflect attention away from their failures in the war in Lebanon." Archaeologist Yuval Baruch said that there is no intention of digging underneath the Temple Mount or of causing any damage to the Western Wall of the Mount. "The incitement occurring in the Muslim world over the excavations is merely an attempt to twist a non-political act into something religious and divisive," said a source at the Israel Antiquities Authority. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Oh Hillary Clinton throws everything but the kitchen sink at New Hampshire. Jewel of the Crown Diamond billionaire Lev Leviev buys most expensive property ever sold in Britain.   1.   Why isn`t Israel showing models of the walkway 11:11  |  Jonathan 07/02/07   2.   Let`s be clear about this. 11:33  |  Paul 07/02/07   3.   The Arab members of Knesset, and the leaders of the Islamic...... 11:35  |  Nadav 07/02/07   4.   Complaints, complaints! 11:36  |  Dani Reiss 07/02/07   5.   a Storm in a Waterglass 11:43  |  Alicia 07/02/07   6.   This is disgusting, Dispicable 12:06  |  Arab Observer 07/02/07   7.   To Paul #2 12:31  |  Lubnani Yehudi 07/02/07   8.   Olmert was there in 1999, where is he now? 12:47  |  Lubnani Yehudi 07/02/07   9.   This is very dangerous for Israel 12:58  |  Clickfool 07/02/07   10.   To Paul LA 13:01  |  Joseph 07/02/07   11.   the secret under the mount 13:10  |  secrets 07/02/07   12.   Outrage!! 13:19  |  Dror 07/02/07   13.   Apartheid 13:30  |  Ron 07/02/07   14.   #6 Arab "observer" 13:47  |  Hastaroth 07/02/07   15.   if only Iran was a few years ahead 13:52  |  Leon Rosgarten 07/02/07   16.   The order of public works in a democracy 14:02  |  Brigitte Meier 07/02/07   17.   TO secrets: presumably the Holy Ark- the Tablets! 14:07  |  Alicia 07/02/07   18.   Excavations 14:13  |  Danny 07/02/07   19.   This is just ridiculous!! 14:25  |  Simone 07/02/07   20.   Is there something to hide? 14:26  |  Mark Lincoln 07/02/07   21.   Alicia - shooting to start 14:27  |  Mark Lincoln 07/02/07   22.   secrets 14:32  |  real vision 07/02/07   23.   Arabs may be to pooped for latest hysteria 14:43  |  Smearnov 07/02/07   24.   #14 14:48  |  Arab Observer 07/02/07   25.   Abbass ,What peace ? What efforts ? 14:48  |  marcel 07/02/07   26.   Bill Maher, my friend, where are you....?? 14:57  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/02/07   27.   Haaretz Could Do Us A Great Service 15:00  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   28.   Clickfool,Palis should cease teror 15:08  |  VLAD 07/02/07   29.   Mark Lincoln has it 15:14  |  christoph 07/02/07   30.   Arab Observer and all tthose interested. 15:17  |  Nephtali 07/02/07   31.   # Brigitte Meier 15:20  |  Simone 07/02/07   32.   Muslim BS 15:31  |  Butch ben Yok 07/02/07   33.   to Arab observer 15:35  |  nina 07/02/07   34.   Mark Lincoln - You Would Think So 15:35  |  Phinias Whoppy 07/02/07   35.   Search the Internet on this one... 15:36  |  Avi 07/02/07   36.   Avichai-el #30 takes a rather literal view 15:42  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   37.   Tired of Moslem rantings 15:47  |  Avrum 07/02/07   38.   leon as usual i like your posts 15:48  |  vladimir 07/02/07   39.   Temple Mount. 15:58  |  sandra chitayat 07/02/07   40.   to all idiots israeli bashers 16:01  |  vladimir 07/02/07   41.   INVITE AL JAZEERA 16:03  |  Brant 07/02/07   42.   Under the mount 16:04  |  Gooby 07/02/07   43.   Have any of these idiots seen the actual ramp? 16:08  |  Richard S 07/02/07   44.   #20: nothing to hide 16:09  |  Paul Freedman 07/02/07   45.   Repairing a walkway. 16:11  |  sandra chitayat 07/02/07   46.   clickfool...do the arabs ask israel before ILLEGAL diggings!?!?! 16:15  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   47.   arabs wouldnt be restrited if they DIDNT THROW ROCKS!!!! 16:18  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   48.   Brave Iran 16:19  |  Danny - Israeli one 07/02/07   49.   Who is the big bully? 16:19  |  Chiang 07/02/07   50.   nothing but a pathetic excuse to throw rocks 16:20  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   51.   20Mark Lincoln: You show him a fly, he`ll see an elephant 16:25  |  Logician 07/02/07   52.   #9: clickfool--they are repairing the site 16:29  |  Paul Freedman 07/02/07   53.   israel keep on digging off the temple mount 16:35  |  ;-) 07/02/07   54.   # 6 Arab observer 16:36  |  Lynn 07/02/07   55.   The Ignorance Of Islam Is The Wisdom Of Satan! 16:39  |  Lavi 07/02/07   56.   # 16 Order of democracy 16:46  |  Lynn 07/02/07   57.   #15 response to `if only iran was a few years.. 16:49  |  danalogue 07/02/07   58.   Get Ready For The Next Puppet Show 16:51  |  Tony Anthony 07/02/07   59.   #53: so right--there is no more PA 16:56  |  Paul Freedman 07/02/07   60.   49chiang. Your words, like the ancient chinese philosphers... 16:58  |  common sense 07/02/07   61.   Jews and muslims should respect each other 16:59  |  Edith 07/02/07   62.   I agree with clickfool 17:06  |  Edith 07/02/07   63.   #62: death-threats are not communication 17:18  |  Paul Freedman 07/02/07   64.   # 7 Paul Versus Harry Potter 17:22  |  Tony Anthony 07/02/07   65.   Jerusalem?s Old City as religious Contentions 17:26  |  H.H.M 07/02/07   66.   Looking Forward to Islamic Retaliation 17:38  |  Brad 07/02/07   67.   Edith..what is disrepectful about a ramp? 17:40  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   68.   Sorry I think it is stupid.... 17:41  |  Chiang 07/02/07   69.   Clickfool from Sussex should know the drill 17:41  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   70.   Nadav: What is even more sad is this Haaretz article 17:42  |  CHGODMK 07/02/07   71.   Religion and good government 101 for Brigitte 17:46  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   72.   Is there any benefit from keeping on with digging now....?? 17:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/02/07   73.   #8 Talking about Moslem, not Jewish excavations? 17:52  |  Logician 07/02/07   74.   Mosques and insults 17:57  |  KUTW 07/02/07   75.   These works as an excuse 18:00  |  KUTW 07/02/07   76.   Yaacov once again, likes to pound the table against the Jews 18:00  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   77.   71Dino It is bridge repair work requiring minimal digging. 18:01  |  Logician 07/02/07   78.   swiss..israel doesnt have to stop building ANYTHING on their land 18:04  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   79.   Of course, we can see the neighborliness in the Arab press 18:04  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   80.   No arab threat should dictate ANYTHING in israel 18:06  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   81.   #6 Arab Observer 18:06  |  * BEN JABO 07/02/07   82.   Religious blackmail by the Waqf for political purposes. 18:08  |  Marwan مروان خو 07/02/07   83.   #9 Clickfool - restrain yourself 18:10  |  * VEN JABO 07/02/07   84.   Cynical Muslim Response 18:13  |  Eli 07/02/07   85.   A question for Dani Reiss 18:13  |  Tulip 07/02/07   86.   #20 Mark Lincoln - That`s a good suggestion 18:14  |  * BEN JABO 07/02/07   87.   Clickfool from Essex 18:16  |  Tulip 07/02/07   88.   Temple Mount Dig 18:16  |  Paul Gene Tweed 07/02/07   89.   Here`s a clue Dino 18:19  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   90.   digi-digi 18:20  |  dr danielito 07/02/07   91.   Amalek will be defeated 18:22  |  Dov 07/02/07   92.   "call for an intervention of all peoples" 18:26  |  Cat 07/02/07   93.   Temple Mount 18:26  |  ArchAngel 07/02/07   94.   WHY 18:27  |  Blinky the Fish 07/02/07   95.   Digging their own grave 18:32  |  Konrad W 07/02/07   96.   Dov - Amalek??? 18:32  |  Eli 07/02/07   97.   # 75 Logician 18:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/02/07   98.   Waqf authority must be amended 18:34  |  bimmer 07/02/07   99.   Egypt`s Top Muslim Cleric should be concerned 18:36  |  * BEN JABO 07/02/07   100.   jacob blues and his usual victimisation again #74 18:37  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   101.   Why Blinky? 18:38  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   102.   Konrad W 18:39  |  Tulip 07/02/07   103.   #90 Blinky 18:40  |  * BEN JABO 07/02/07   104.   No to external interference 18:46  |  Brod 07/02/07   105.   trust and transparency 18:48  |  Pssd Off American 07/02/07   106.   Sullivan the work is outside the Temple Mount 18:50  |  Eli 07/02/07   107.   # 85 Jacob Blues 18:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/02/07   108.   Response to danalogue regarding Leo Rosgarden 18:51  |  Jon 07/02/07   109.   Please Sullivan! 18:51  |  Tulip 07/02/07   110.   Big Fat Lies 18:57  |  Polybios 07/02/07   111.   Sullivan, why SHOULD the repairs be made my the wafk?? 18:58  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   112.   Blinky the Bonehead 18:59  |  Eli 07/02/07   113.   How on earth is REbuilding a ramp, cause for terrorism?!?! 19:01  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   114.   BEN JABO: Egypt`s Top Muslim Cleric should be concerned 19:10  |  Ahmose The Egyptian 07/02/07   115.   Even Arafat Agreed to Leave the Kotel, Eli #106 19:16  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   116.   Swiss Dino #107 19:21  |  Polybios 07/02/07   117.   Shimon, why do Jews worldwide...? #111 19:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   118.   the irony!!!!! 19:30  |  UNBELIEVABLE 07/02/07   119.   It is amazing 19:31  |  Gee 07/02/07   120.   To Chiang on Communism & Islam 19:38  |  Persian Kitty 07/02/07   121.   Sullivan - Making Progress 19:39  |  Eli 07/02/07   122.   UNBELEVABLE, could you explain how...#118 19:41  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   123.   Why won`t you admit it Yaakov? 19:43  |  Polybios 07/02/07   124.   Hey Danalogue, when reading Leon`s work... 19:43  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   125.   # 116 Polybios 19:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/02/07   126.   Ron #13. Idiocy 19:48  |  Poybios 07/02/07   127.   This is the same Arafat, Yaacov, that called for blood and fire 19:49  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   128.   Eli, it only takes a spark to ignite a blaze #121 19:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   129.   The reason why Shimon calls you to task Yaacov is obvious 19:54  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   130.   Brigitte #16. Some perspective, please 19:55  |  Polybios 07/02/07   131.   we must forcefull protect our rights, not back down. they must le 19:57  |  ralph 07/02/07   132.   Ramp to Mugrhabi gate 19:57  |  Nathan 07/02/07   133.   68chiang. On confusion... 19:58  |  bat yam 07/02/07   134.   Once again Dino, its the Jews who are being told off 20:00  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/07   135.   De-escalation, Dino? 20:04  |  Polybios 07/02/07   136.   Sullivan`s WWI Annalogy is Appropriate 20:11  |  Eli 07/02/07   137.   Ron - please explain your comment #13 20:19  |  William 07/02/07   138.   Reaction Has Ulterior Motve 20:19  |  Nick 07/02/07   139.   To Yaakov Sullivan #128 20:22  |  Persian Kitty 07/02/07   140.   REMINDER: WORK IS OUTSIDE TEMPLE MOUNT 20:30  |  Paul Freedman 07/02/07   141.   bridge to al aqsa mosque 20:33  |  Vi 07/02/07   142.   Well, polybios, because ....#123 20:34  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   143.   # 134 / 135 Jacob Blues / Polybios 20:35  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/02/07   144.   Where Muslims get treated as they treat others 20:38  |  bimmer 07/02/07   145.   To Yaakov #122 20:46  |  Citizen of the World 07/02/07   146.   Yaakov #117, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEMPLE MOUNT 20:51  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   147.   Yaakov #142 20:52  |  Polybios 07/02/07   148.   yaakov...get this through your head! ITS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE MOUNT 20:54  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   149.   Swiss Dino #143 20:55  |  Polybios 07/02/07   150.   yaakov, why no outcry from you when arabs destroy temples?? 20:57  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   151.   TO #122 Yakov Sullivan on the Jewish Temple 20:57  |  Alicia 07/02/07   152.   Eli - correction to cynical muslim response #84 20:59  |  William 07/02/07   153.   This Has Nothing to Do With Religion, Mosque or The Wall 21:04  |  Phinias Whoppy 07/02/07   154.   Limited freedom of speech there in Israel 21:06  |  Citizen of the World 07/02/07   155.   Sullivan, moslem dhimmi 21:08  |  Jasmine Murphy 07/02/07   156.   TO ron-LIVING IN THE DARK AGES ukuk 21:13  |  bo 07/02/07   157.   looking for the proverbial straw 21:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/02/07   158.   Leon Rosgarten, yours is a twisted mind 21:20  |  mike 07/02/07   159.   The current system is not working 21:21  |  Rustam 07/02/07   160.   polybios, no intellectual dishonesty #147 21:34  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   161.   This is provocation??? HA! 21:35  |  Dan 07/02/07   162.   Shouldn`t Haaretz say 1st holiest site to Judaism 21:35  |  Joseph E . 07/02/07   163.   Islam`s third holiest site 21:35  |  Rustam 07/02/07   164.   #122 Sullivan I question your knowledge 21:40  |  Psalm 07/02/07   165.   Jasmine Murphy and her lack of clarity #154 21:42  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   166.   Ban???? 21:49  |  Joe 07/02/07   167.   Shimon, lets be specific #150 21:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   168.   #20 LIFT THAT STUPID BAN & SHOW COMMON RESPECT 21:53  |  Dutch 07/02/07   169.   Psalm, I am versed in my religious tradition #164 21:57  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/07   170.   Tantawi voice his poisonous share of caliphated Islam 22:01  |  Joseph E . 07/02/07   171.   # 27 Yaakov 22:16  |  Lynn 07/02/07   172.   Polybios 22:21  |  Lynn 07/02/07   173.   Everybody should want Messiah NOW , 22:25  |  Joseph E . 07/02/07   174.   Yaakov #160 22:25  |  Polybios 07/02/07   175.   # 128 Yaakov Sullivan 22:25  |  Lynn 07/02/07   176.   Could he go with 1000 policemen? 22:26  |  Charles 07/02/07   177.   Yaakov, #169, where do you get your info?!?! 22:27  |  SHIMON 07/02/07   178.   Iits only ok to ban extremist Jews from their homes 22:31  |  Jon 07/02/07   179.   Yaakov ... any reason you have not responded to Alicia (151)? 22:35  |  sk 07/02/07   180.   Iran has no business in Jerusalem 22:39  |  KUTW 07/02/07   181.   The collapsing ramp 22:39  |  KUTW 07/02/07   182.   Don`t do them any favor 22:40  |  KUTW 07/02/07   183.   Rustam #163, 159: Yes 22:46  |  Polybios 07/02/07   184.   Yaakov (169) "shares nothing" with Psalm, the Protestant? 22:48  |  sk 07/02/07   185.   some people are a disgrace 22:49  |  Arab muslim 07/02/07   186.   re 22:53  |  martin 07/02/07   187.   clickfool #6 22:55  |  schafe82 07/02/07   188.   Sullivan, Psalm is right 22:57  |  Tulip 07/02/07   189.   Cipora Julianna Kohn #157 23:06  |  TonyL 07/02/07   190.   Religous war. 23:11  |  Billy Jack 07/02/07   191.   Arab observer 23:15  |  Maerton 07/02/07   192.   # 166 Ban? Joe 23:17  |  Lynn 07/02/07   193.   to swiss Dino n072 23:17  |  Tina 07/02/07   194.   Yaakov Sullivan- has all the answers 23:39  |  Avrum 07/02/07   195.   Lynn #173 23:40  |  Jon 07/02/07   196.   Chutzpah and diversion 23:41  |  Jel 07/02/07   197.   Iran Afraid? 23:43  |  David Burton 07/02/07   198.   Yaakov Sullivan 23:48  |  Jon 07/02/07   199.   #169 Sullivan hatred for Christians hardly noble 00:06  |  Psalm 08/02/07   200.   The results of a culture of exclusion 00:14  |  Stephen Connor 08/02/07   201.   Sin Aggressions 00:18  |  Dwido 08/02/07   202.   That`s an easy one to answer - Joe#166 00:20  |  William 08/02/07   203.   Yaakov, the temple was NOT for all people,...at least not to you 00:22  |  SHIMON 08/02/07   204.   Avrum on fanatics #179 00:24  |  Yaakov Sullivan 08/02/07   205.   #114 Ahmose 00:25  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/07   206.   #128 Turncoast Sullivan at the Kotel 00:28  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/07   207.   Psalm, like I said... it stands #188 00:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 08/02/07   208.   #168 Daffy Dutch`s "Common Respect" 00:34  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/07   209.   #181 Jel 00:37  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/07   210.   #122 Yaakov Sullivan, again with his hostile 00:41  |  TOMY 08/02/07   211.   Shimon, shimon, shimon, shimon 00:46  |  Yaakov Sullivan 08/02/07   212.   Thank you tulip #180 00:47  |  Yaakov Sullivan 08/02/07   213.   A few years the Arabs were reparing 00:51  |  TOMY 08/02/07   214.   Livni: Extremists using J`lem dig for their own political benefit 00:52  |  Clifford Hendershot 08/02/07   215.   Jel - so you equate civil projects with terrorism?#185 00:57  |  William 08/02/07   216.   #91 Dov wrong 01:01  |  Psalm 08/02/07   217.   Livni: Extremists using J`lem dig for their own political benefit 01:03  |  Clifford Hendershot 08/02/07   218.   "Our home"??? Arab Muslim#174 01:03  |  William 08/02/07   219.   #184, TonyL 01:04  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/02/07   220.   "their own political benefit", what else? 01:04  |  Fritz 08/02/07   221.   #15 Leon Rosgarten, the most idiotic statement 01:10  |  TOMY 08/02/07   222.   #153 Hey Phinias--pardon the intrusion on 01:12  |  ballistic 08/02/07   223.   Psalm`s narrow view of Islam 01:19  |  Stephen Connor 08/02/07   224.   # 134 Jacob Blues 01:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/02/07   225.   #36 Sullivans, another blood libel aganst the jews 01:24  |  TOMY 08/02/07   226.   # 188 Tina 01:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/02/07   227.   # 149 Polybios 01:30  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/02/07   228.   Billy Jack 01:41  |  Stephen Connor 08/02/07   229.   Livni`s Logic 01:45  |  Baz Mann 08/02/07   230.   # 190 Jon 01:47  |  Lynn 08/02/07   231.   Yaakov # 197 02:10  |  Avrum 08/02/07   232.   I`m just wondering.... 02:14  |  Marlene 08/02/07   233.   #167 Sullivan saing , Jews destroying 02:25  |  TOMY 08/02/07   234.   Muslim Hypocrisy 02:42  |  Michael Shearer 08/02/07   235.   #173 Jon 02:52  |  Lynn 08/02/07   236.   What Are the Muslims Hiding 03:02  |  NotAmused 08/02/07   237.   To Polybios - No. 173 03:26  |  Marlene 08/02/07   238.   To #6: and others who have no clue.. 03:32  |  Israeli Abroad 08/02/07   239.   Paul your not a liar at all 03:39  |  Omar 08/02/07   240.   Psalm #194 Yaakov Sullivan Does not Hate Christians 04:01  |  Phinias Whoppy 08/02/07   241.   # 169 Yakov Sullivan-correction re: temple 04:22  |  Ed 08/02/07   242.   This is good news 04:44  |  Micha 08/02/07   243.   Re # 1 `Why isn`t Israel showing models...` 05:36  |  Colin Wright 08/02/07   244.   FM Livni is absolutely right 05:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/02/07   245.   Persian Kitty #120 06:13  |  Chiang 08/02/07   246.   #133 bat yam 06:23  |  Chiang 08/02/07   247.   213 Chiang. It`s a different kind of Islam outside of China... 06:38  |  bat yam 08/02/07   248.   Yaakov Sullivan 06:43  |  TM 08/02/07   249.   #208 Phinias not making sense 06:43  |  Psalm 08/02/07   250.   to chiang from shanghai 06:54  |  maria 08/02/07   251.   phinias re. psalm 07:03  |  maria 08/02/07   252.   arabs don`t want jews to dig.... 07:07  |  maria 08/02/07   253.   219Chiang. There are more books on Jews and Arabs than... 07:09  |  bat yam 08/02/07   254.   #189 No Avrum, it`s the fanatical Jews 07:09  |  Dutch 08/02/07   255.   if only Iran was a few years ahead 07:11  |  Senmut 08/02/07   256.   Idea: Give the Temple Mount to Unitarian Universalists 07:12  |  Rabinowitz 08/02/07   257.   #195, Stephen Connor 07:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/02/07   258.   To Haaretz 07:21  |  Psalm 08/02/07   259.   Maria 07:22  |  Chiang 08/02/07   260.   Yaacov looking for peace 07:31  |  Jacob Blues 08/02/07   261.   Re to cooper 07:32  |  Billy Jack 08/02/07   262.   invite muslim archeologists to check 07:39  |  cristina 08/02/07   263.   Maria 07:41  |  Chiang 08/02/07   264.   chiang 07:48  |  maria 08/02/07   265.   bat yam 07:50  |  Chiang 08/02/07   266.   to chiang only 07:56  |  maria 08/02/07   267.   to Chiang 08:00  |  Rabinowitz 08/02/07   268.   Mike 158 and Tomy 221 08:36  |  Judith in Haifa 08/02/07   269.   Israel Built the Temple 09:00  |  Zeph 08/02/07   270.   THEY WILL TRY IT AGAIN 09:23  |  indrajaya 08/02/07   271.   Rabinowite 09:24  |  Chiang 08/02/07   272.   #254 DORIS SEES THROUGH IT ALL BLACK IS WHITE 09:33  |  paul harris 08/02/07   273.   Maria 09:39  |  Chiang 08/02/07   274.   Are you being sarcastic, Sullivan? 09:48  |  Tulip 08/02/07   275.   I must agree with TM post 248 09:50  |  Tulip 08/02/07   276.   Haaretz-the-minimal 10:04  |  anangryjew 08/02/07   277.   265Chiang. "Why is the world focussed so much on Israel",,, 10:24  |  bat yam 08/02/07   278.   Heart attack alert! 11:14  |  Tulip 08/02/07   279.   Psalm 249- I Am Not Into Religious Crusades 12:52  |  Phinias Whoppy 08/02/07   280.   #223 Stephen Connor 12:56  |  Psalm 08/02/07   281.   #279 Phinias are you into secular extremism then? 15:22  |  Psalm 08/02/07   282.   you sound like my chinese friends 16:43  |  maria 08/02/07   283.   #254 Daffy DUTCH is at it once again 16:49  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/07   284.   #262 Checking the site 16:51  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/07   285.   chiang...i think muslims in america are more 17:00  |  maria 08/02/07   286.   Chiang 18:06  |  Rabinowitz 08/02/07   287.   #211 I now understand Sullivan, 19:39  |  TOMY 08/02/07   288.   Swiss(Dino), YYou saing that Israel 19:49  |  TOMY 08/02/07   289.   #270 indrajaya, as always, is liying 20:42  |  TOMY 08/02/07   290.   exactly that is why we must win this contest of wills. 05:33  |  ralph 09/02/07   291.   #287 TOMY - Sullivan doesn`t understand Sullivan 18:39  |  *BEN JABO 09/02/07   292.   THE ONE TRUE HOLY SITE 04:34  |  Harry D 10/02/07   293.   #288, TOMY, sick of this, again 04:52  |  VIPER 10/02/07   294.   #6 Arab Observer 03:17  |  * BEN JABO 11/02/07   295.   Temple Mount 23:30  |  Robert Layton 12/02/07   296.   walkway uproar 20:04  |  Jim Church 13/02/07   297.   # 221, Tomy, Don`t you think LR # 15 was just ironic? 10:38  |  Uri 09/01/08   298.   Mugrabi Gate 16:59  |  Duke Turley 09/01/08

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