Palestinian official: Israel deliberately sparking fire in Jerusalem

No one really cares Palestinian dove about your predicament as the Sunni oil Sheiks are to busy at the horse racing in Abu Dhabi ,or their yachting trips to London ,Paris ,Florida and other exotic capitals of the civilised Western world ,where they can come and go unhindered by strict Sharia or other backwards Islamic laws.Their tens of millions of dollars are more than welcome during these expensive but pleasure able shopping sprees ,while your fellow Palestinians are still wallowing in squalor,self pity and Islamic violence ,funded by these same hypocrites.Wake up and smell roses ,as it,s 2009 ,not 1109

listen, our greatest prophet,Moses died in Jordan. So we, jews, should want Jordan as that place of Mt Nebo is holy to us. In this way we will never end, don't you understand? Moslim can't get Jerusalem just bacause... as Jerusalem is the holy city of the jews for more than 3000 years Jerusalem is in the Bible is in our prayes it is in our hearts. FULL STOP. We don't want Hamas in Jerusalem.

To born in the USA you are preaching hatred and anti-semitism ,so why don,t you take a hike to Mecca and see the pilgrims like yourself throwing stones at the devil ,who just might be Ahmadinejad in disguise.

Hey Gerald in Liverpool what law are you referring to because Sharia law is a Muslim thing not conducive to 21st Century life.

Yaakov Sullivan ,what are you smoking because it really does cloud your thinking.Is Jordan the original Palestinian sate or not and if not why did the late King Hussein murder all those Palestinians in 1970(black September)?An insightful ,clever ,historical answer will suffice not Arab rhetoric.

Like Lola said ,Jordan,s days as a personal feifdom of the Hashemites and the Husseins is coming to an end as it will be the Palestinian state sooner rather than later.

The Hashemites are playing to the gallery according to Mike B in London meaning that the Jor danian monarchy is getting rather nrevous and twitchy as of late ,fearing the possibility of the recognition of Jordan as the rightful Palestinian state.What better way in true Arab intransigence to deflect this awful truth by inciting the peasants .

He failed in his venture as a Missionary, just as he/she failed in everything else he/she undertook in life

In 1970 September, to be exact ,the late King Hussein murdered 20-000 Arabs/Palestinians in Jordan in order to remove the Palestinian connection from his personal feifdom ,so is this a true account of what transpired then or are we missing something here.Jordan is and has been the Palestinian state since 1948 just like the UN said it was ,Saeb Erekat ,Hanan Asahrawi Nabil Shaath ,Mousatafa Barghouti ,Abu Mazen and other Arab intellectuals always report from Ramallah so are we still missing here.Time is moving for the Palestinians so grasp the initiative and start gathering in the exiles and govern your Palestinian state ,leaving the rest of us in peace.

Distorting history is a Arab/Muslim smokescreen intent on erasing all Jewish life ,which has been around for more than 5700 years.Long before Islam reared it,s backwards ,infantile ideology ,Israel and Israelites were common in the Torah or 5 books of Moses .Recent discoveries under Har Habayit or the Temple Mount in Jerusalem prove the link to Judaism ,so why does Islam pray away from Jerusalem ,to Meccca & Medina ,but Judaism towards Jerusalem and no mention in the Quran about Al-Quds (Jerusalem)?

from itself, by pointing to the Temple Mount and trying to ignate tensions there rather than in Jordan. With a majority of palestinians living in that country, the days of Jordan sovereign control of its own territories are counted.

Arabs have to get used to sharing,their apartheid controll over the Jewish sites before '67 is over. Learn to live with it.

Thats the site of the Holy of Holies which Arabs kept Jews out of after 48,whilst Jews when they reconquered the area allowed the Arab WAQF to run their Mosque.That does not give them rights to kick out the Jews Just goes to show who is intolerant.

Erakat thinks that people forgot about his vile lies of "Jenin massacre". He dares accuse Israel of "igniting the fire", what a disservice to the Palestinians. The intifada left Palestinian economy in shambles, but now -after order has been restored - it started to recover and even show some impressive growth, The prosperity of Palestinians scares Islamists, they know that prosperity will lead to peace. Erakat should be calling for calm instead of inciting even more violence. The Liar of Jenin is a true Arafat disciple, he is interested in a perpetual warfare as this absolves the PA from any responsibility and nation-building. Erakat is a true enemy of Palestinian people. And a big fat liar too.

Don't worry they kip pushing and pushing and one day they will wake up and there is no more Al Asqa!!!All done by the same God we all pray to.The destruction will be dane by they own hand, but of cowrse they will blame the Jews;)))

antill I read what you had to say I was against the setlers in West Bank, but thanks to you, me and lot's of others have have change of mine, thank you!!And now I hope that the only way is to send this arabs that call them selfs palestinians back to the land of they ancesters and I wish with all my hart and pray now for the natural destraction of this false think on Temple Mount you call Al Asqa.I'm a Physic and thinks happen when you push The Holy spirit to farr.And if they kip diging under the rock it will happen, I promess.

Take the Mosk bit by bit to Amman and the rock to as far as I'm concern and than the arabs will folow to they homland in Jordan... What a wonderful idea!!!

We all heard this milon times, but to you and yours stupid fantasy that the Jews where not ever in Holy land??? you are idiot and who you trying to convince? the History of the world;)))

The temple mount has been desecrated for too long and occupied by foreign powers for too long. It is time for peace sake that Israel exerts their full, rightful sovereignty on the Temple Mount. These Arab riots have gone on for too long!!!

BSNews, be honest. You believe Palestinians have the right to throw rocks at Jews if the Jews say things, or practice a religion that the Palestinians don't like.

...the difference this time is that this has already been widely reported elsewhere. It's as if Haaretz is deliberately misleading readers by not making clear who started the provocation and how. I also learned, and am troubled by Mike Huckabee apparently being on the side of the group the Temple Mount Faithful. I knew he was ate up with the "end time" nonsense but I didn't know he is one of those "Third Temple" literalists who believe they can just get rid of Al Aqsa then move in some new temple. I am appalled that the coverage of this in Israel is actually fueling the violence. By not telling the whole truth various news outlets including Haaretz are making it out like it was some grand Palestinian scheme - it turns out it was some fanatical group that would indeed threaten Al Aqsa mosque given half a chance being escorted by Israeli officials, not Abbas, not the PA, not Hamas, not "the Palestinians" - it was these "Temple Mount Faithful" people that sparked the trouble.

...that is if Haaretz will let me. Here are the photos of the "13 ton" corner stone of the "Third Temple" that you claim is not the goal: http://www.templemountfaithful.org/Events /jerusalemDay2009-3.htm And yet it is the goal of these people because they want to usher in something they call the [Temple Mount] "...Faithful Movement to build the end time third Temple of G‑d in our lifetime" - and a march through Jerusalem is a pretty big indication that these people do indeed believe in some "end time" scenario thereby making them pretty whacky, and sadly, dangerously whacky when escorted by Israeli police and recently inciting violence. What is sad and striking is that the Israeli government knows this would happen, they allowed it, they apparently used the police to protect it. The Temple Mount Faithful organization is as fanatical and extremist as they come, go take a look through their Web site for confirmation.

Solution for the Temple Mount A. either everyone can go there or nobody can B. everyone is dressed modestly with appropriate head covering,minimal bare skin; works for both Muslin and Orthodox sensitivities.

It seems the PLO/Arab tune has remained the same since pre-1948 and will remain the same for the foreseeable future which is a shame to those like myself who desperately long for peace.

netanyahu..tear down that mosque

He has been effected by all the major religions Born a Christian, claimed conversion to Judaism, the changed his mind and became a Muslim While he made all those changes, he chose one more, became a bridd to a Muslim man

I see people claiming that 'Israel' started this to stop peace. I am skeptical of the Netanyahu government but I can see NOTHING that indicates Israel instigated this mess. Did the Settlers storm the Mount as they threatened? They were stopped and not by a mob of angry kids. They were stopped by Israel. Israel cannot allow rioting in Jerusalem. And it has done what it HAD to do to stop BOTH sides. That is not instigating ANYTHING but civil order.

It is ahistorical to blame continued Arab rioting and pogroms against Jews (there was not an Israel at that time, merely hated Jews) continuing from the 20's into the 30's on this or that "zionist provocation"--Arab hatred of the outsider when it manifests itself has nothing to do with any actual provocation--not at the Western Wall (not the Wailing Wall, the Western Wall) nor in the Christian villages raided by mobs bent on pillage and murder for non-existent (imaginary, invented, fabricated) desecrations of the Koran. The tragic story is that Zionists have in the past refused to use sufficient force in a timely fashion to deter those who do not respect restraint.

In responce to Edifice. I am a Romas Catholic and I have visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque and was treated with decorum and respect sorry to say I was treated with suspicion by the Isaeli police.

Prevent Jews from visiting the temple mount to end the violence? Is it the Jews who are throwing rocks at the police and breaking the law? The Jewish State has controlled the temple mount since 1967 and has, since then, tolerated violence organized by the Moslem community. This tolerance has only served to reward violent behavior. Here's a secret....if you want to end the violence, ban the violent. Moslems should be banned from the temple mount until they respect the ruling authority. Jews' access to the temple mount should be enhanced as a reward for their continued non-violence in spite of 40+ years of restricted access in order to placate the violent Moslems. The equation is simple--reward the peaceful and punish the violent. Otherwise, violence will continue to be encouraged and peacefulness will be discouraged. Rewarding the violent is the formula that has served to promote violence and decrease peacefulness in Israel and Palestine since the 1930s.

... in order to create a smokescreen, behind which the Israeli super-right can implement whatever they please...

You use one example to justify your Antisemitism. Then permit me to use several examples to justify Anti-Gay bias! Hitler was a homosexual as were a large number of his commanders! Arafat, the noted indiscriminate terrorist and gun runner, and many of his associates, was a homosexual! Using YOUR logic and presentation, we must now attack ALL Gays for having genocidal tendencies which must be quashed for the sake of humanity! That said, spare us your gay bullshit (to use your words!) http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Swastika-Scott-Lively/dp/0964760975/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254862194&sr=8-1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1278328/posts http://www.cpiu.us/link-between-child-porn-and-muslim-terrorists-discovered-in-police-raids/2008/10/19/

Israel is lighting matches in the hope of sparking a fire, deliberately escalating tensions in occupied East Jerusalem rather than taking steps to placate the situation

I do not condone what Muslim fanatics did to Joseph's Tomb. I do question what brought them to such actons and again it was the efforts of groups that came and said this is our site not yours now get out. That is the kind of mentality you reflect and you have reaped as you have sown. As for the destruction of Jewish artifacts, what are you talking about? You deny there is even a people called Palestinaian with a history of their own, so dont preach to us about trying to wiper out a historic legacy. Your hypocracy is appalling. Like the rest o fyour apologetic ilk, you use terms until they are devoid of meaning. Jew hater is one of them. Its overused so don't project your tribal primitiveness and hatred of others onto me or those critical if incitement.

You make an good case, until you give-yourself-away with the final sentence: "The entire history of a Jewish link to the city is a fabrication" Methinks that your 'erudition' somehow went ascrew...

I use the example of Rabbi Moshe Levinger who came to celebrate Pesach in 1968 in the Park Hotel in Hebron. I usggest you look what this same ilk has done in Hebron today and what they are repsonsible for. They spawned Baruch Goldstien. So you can deny my "facts" all you wish. I refer you to the website of the Temple Mount Faithful. Small group you say? Perhaps in membership but how many followers do they have in religious/nationalist circles as well as among protesta fundamentalists? Who dsthought, 12 yrs ago, that "small groups" would lay claim to Silwan and now begin to make it yet anohtter settlement. The Waqf has alwayspermitted groups of tourists to visit their shrines. They do not countenance groups that lay claim to the site and refer to Muslims as usurpers and occupiers. Get your fqcts striaght and dont obfuscate with this usual zionist bullshit.

Israel had no intention of occupation at that moment Yonatan. This is the truth that extremists on neither side wish to recognize. Dyayan was concerned with fighting a three front war, the third of which was a surprise. He was concerned with maintaining order in the rear of IDF forces pushing to attain the best defensive perimeter they could. No one thought that 42 years later Israel would still be holding the West Bank and Jerusalem. Six glorious days, an overwhelming victory, and then the sudden realization of what now? Four decades later, it is a question unanswered.

#10 The Temple Mount is the foundation of both the first and second Temples RIGHT, so bedouin dont try to lull ANYONE with your phoney surname pal dove it should be palestine SNAKE for are evil incarnate as your cult you call a religion masalami ya ach

... must one understand that if 'Jews dictate Muslims', then it IS permissable? ... surely neither is desirable...

Or should everyone continue to accept your rumors and obfuscation as truths? NOWHERE is there a belief in Israel that any small group of Jews will take command of the Temple Mount. What is being done is that small groups of Jews are proceeding to the Mount on Holy Days to pray. IN FACT, the existing agreement between Israel, Jordan and the Waqf AlLOWS for such visits! Perhaps you should read instead what the Pals did to Josephs's Tomb, or the Old Synagogue in Jericho. OR BETTER YET, the attempt by the Waqf to destroy Jewish relics by digging under the Mount and hauling 40 truckloads of Jewish artifacts to a dump. But then, if you did, you would be exposed for the Jew hating liar you truly are. Enjoy your personalized copy of Mein Kampf

this makes as much sens as the Jordan's request from Israel

The international pressure is on and Israel no way wants to abide by what is demanded of it. So netanyahu and the moildvan get together and they have to come up with something. What is it? Ignite another intifada, blame it on the Arabs and say there is no way we can negotiate with terrorists. Create the conditions that spew up terrorists and you are safe. That is the strategy of this vile regime prepared to bring the entire region to the brink just so they can swagger and keep control and steal and scorn. Israel 2009.

You have a holy site that has been protected as a Muslim shrine since the 7th century. Israel has not disputed that but there was a small circle of fanatics and rabid nationalists that had dreams of taking control of that site and throwing off the Muslims. These Jews wanted, and want now, to build a synagogue on the site. Check out their literature on the Temple Institute. They march around and go up to the gates dressed in preistly vestments and attempting to lay a corner stone. The present government is supporting them and coddling them. Then when the Muslims who control the site, resist, they are called inciters. Its very simple; what these same gangs did in Silwan in coming in and taking control because they have the power of the army behind them, they want to do to the Temple Mount. They must be stopped.

throughout the "civilized world". Again Salah?.Strange, he always remind me of a wild boar.I am not quite sure which is the ugliest part -- his voice or his face?both??. __ " we will continue with these measures as long as al-aqsa is under threat,even if we die for this position". Now that part I like.I would be more than delighted to help him reach his cherished goal- A MARTYR-.And if he took along one thousand 'garde de corps',I would do my utmost to provide the mandatory 72.001 whores - satisfaction guaranteed,first class merchandise. What surprises me, is his insistence on protecting jewish property - the Temple Mount. With these rascals, on never knows....!

Spare us the conspiracy theory. You assert that right wing jewish fanatics are up to no good and we all know it. But what we all know is one crucial FACT: It is muslims (under the direction of hamas and other assorted terrorists) that are comitting the violence. They are the aggressors Period. Assertion that they are merely defending against fanatics has absolutely no truth or validity in any way. If your thinking reflects the 'dove' in the Palestinian camp, I'd hate to see the Hawk.

Is it not evident - even to the mentally retarded - that if anyone should be barred from the area it is those who throw stones and continue to threaten and incite violence?

Salah Aldin is back to spit on yr face, even not the arabic style, but u deserve it

If Jews had no connection with the (Second) Temple, than all the stories about Jesus, his life and crucifixion, are no more than argumentative myths. Riddle that one out, if you can.

When a wheel barrow is found filled with rocks and stones in a tactically good position, one must question who is sparking these incidents. When there is an agreement that tourists, irrespective of their religion can visit a Moslem holy site, just as Moslems can visit Jewish holy sites, and tourists are deliberately attacked due to fear spurred on by PA propaganda, what can we say but that this is a deliberate PA ruse to create another situation to blame Israel and Jews for all their problems. I'm sick and tired of these wimps. They have abused their position for way too long, and it is time for the PA to step up to plate and lead responsibly or face becoming entirely irrelevant.

90% of the time, I am on the side of the Palestinians, except for the idiotic Qassams. I consider Israel a rogue State that violates international law everyday and deserves not one inch of the West Bank. But on this occasion, I have to confess that I am troubled by the apparent intolerance of the Palestinians. Years ago, when Sharon, entered what I believe was the same area with dozens of security guards that took the place over, I understood Palestinian rage. But to deny "ordinary" Jews and tourists access does not seem to me to be reasonable. This intolerance seems to be the antithesis of the teachings of all three religions of the book. I hope they can confer and come to agreement that all persons have the right to enter the area, though perhaps not to the Al Aqsa Mosque itself. Can anyone explain why the Palestinians could not do this?

The American journalist Vincent Sheean visited Palestine in '29, on a grant from the Zionist publication "The New Palestine". In his book "Personal History" he describes how armed Haluzim jews sparked a well planned riot at the wailing wall that ended with the slaughters in Hebron. Sheean returned the zionist grant. Sir Walter Shaw's investigating commission blamed the Jewish Wailing Wall demonstrations for the riots. The Jews refused to accept the report. Sounds familiar?

How could one expect a balanced view with such an unbalanced background. Give us a break Israeli from Haifa. Be honest--you do not want peace that includes Arabs---do you.

rock throwing to kill on what they call their holiest site, rocket shooting at families sub humans. As such they must be treated as a very dangerous breed to humanity.

enjoy the joint muslim jewish slaughtershow! :) to be honest it think that there are not too many people in the word that care what is going on in jerusalem! that city sucks!having jews and muslims killing eachother is best solution for the rest of the world! :)

mount since their inception in 1967 - 0. nothing happened in the past week that has not happened in the past 40 years except that the radical islamicists want to heat things up. they are shameless in their lies. any arab regime that doesn't toe the line is immediately slurred as collaborators. every time the haggada was read on passover we used to say next year in jerusalem, even in auschwitz. no we say next year in the rebuilt jerusalem since the mount is in israel (for the time being). this is hope for the coming of the messiah not explicit intent to destroy what's on it. (as you know but omit to say).

You know how I would handle this, if I had a television station? I would broadcast the Playboy Channel for free right now. That way, all the young men would stay home, out of the streets, and concentrate on something else.

Are these the same Jordanians who don't allow Jews to enter their country with "religious artifacts", like talitot and tefillin, or prayer books?! Even wnen Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, whose postition toward accomodation towards the Arab Palestinians is closer to the Left, the Jordanians refused him. Heck, do Roman Catholics prevent Protestants and Jews from entering the Sistine Chapel? Hardly, and they instruct the visitors to dress modestly, too.

Arab world never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

It is not the Jews who desecrated Muslim ground but the other way around. They are excavating on holiest of Jewish land. Israel let the Mosque stand in 67 for peace. It has been that way since. On the otherhand, Muslims continue to desecrate Jewish holy sites. Josephs Tomb ring a bell? Muslims have nothing to fear other than their ability to desecrate Jewish land will hopefully come to an end.

The answer should be clear. When did the Muslims begin throwing stones and why? What is it they are fearful of and are their fears simply deslusions? The answer is no. There are Jewish groups that have grown in number and strength, the Temple Institute leading the group, that openluy seek to take over the Temple Mount. They actively provoke, both in their literature and their actions. They refer to Muslims as usurpers and occupiers and seek to build a synagogue on the Mount. It is not Muslim illusions. Their own literature says so. They must be stopped from moving as a group anywhere near the Temple Mount which has been recognised as a Muslim site snce the 7th century. That should be respected.

Hello people god didnt speak to you and tell you the land is yours you guys wrote a book and put that in there so stop saying god said so

40 truck load more than 400 ton under the eye of occupation where did they dump it? Go search it!! or try to make some sense now i am not a moslem and i careless about the mosque but according to moslem Mohamed rose to heaven from that spot no rabbi was grabbing his cloth the land then was in roman hands

it is disgraceful that the Palestinians attempt to recycle this threadbare mob-strategy against Jews in Jerusalem at this day and age--decrying "Judaization" of Jerusalem, demanding that Jews be prohibited from this place or that, throwing stones, rioting, and then accusing the Jews. These provocations serve two purposes: intimidation and pretext for full-blown intifada. It would not be an extreme act to prohibit all Palestinian worship at the Temple Mount until agitation towards pogrom stops.

Abbas and his ilk have gotten nothing - only when their is resistance and an existential threat to the Jew state can there be any progress. Iran is the only way - either freedom or heaven - either way you win - if the region must be brought to a final liquidation for judgement day :) See where all of this leads?

in the old city today, saw nothing. Where is this high tension the press is all talking about? Just a bunch of tourists, most exploring. Never felt unsafe. Lots of police but that is normal in big events such as this parade. more tourists than usual, that is all I saw. -

Chaeckthe map - Afula is in Israel. If you are so in support of "Palestinian" controls, go to the West Bank or Gaza and show your true support. The Palestinians have a history of destroying Jewish sites, while JEWISH taxpayers are paying to restore Muslim & Christian holy sites. The Jericho Synagogue and the Tomb of Joseph? BOTH destroyed by your people immediately after they were turned over to Palestinian control. The destruction by the Waqf dumping 40 truckloads of Jewish artifcats they excavated from under the Temple Mount in an attempt to destroy evidence of a Jewish presence at the mount. YOUR people NEVER miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. ALL you are doing is moving more of Israel's left to the right by showing what would happen with Palestinian control!

The foreign Arab conquerors excluded Jews from the Old City. The ottoman Turks allowed the Jews to pray at the kotel. From the first Turkish census records and more recent ones all show there have been more Jews in Jerusalem than any other people from then to now. Again, the 'reason the Jews did not bother with the area' as you accuse was due to fact the Arabs exluded the Hews from entering and did not permit them to live there ...

...you know, the people in the parade with the "cornerstone" of the "Third Temple?" It appears the Third Intifada is going to be sparked and Haaretz is helping by not telling the world that it is the so-called Temple Mount Faithful group, who wants to destroy or "move to Mecca" Al Aqsa mosque that is causing the trouble. The Muslims have every reason to be distrustful and frightened, given this government, that the TMF people just might get their way, and Bibi gets the violence he needs to stall peace - AGAIN - as usual.

in furthering Arab demands and they know it . This mentality has to be stopped in its tracks immediately . Any compromise or caving to such violent threat just brings more of it . Yes , democracies misread Islam and this is a tragedy , as we see the Islamization of Europa in progress .

The Jordanians ? Those same people who uprooted the tombstones of Jews in Old Jerusalem when it was under the brutal control of the Jordanians. They destroyed All the Synagogues,& from the headstones of the tombs,they paved a path to the latrines ! These are the Arabs ! These are rhe Jordanians ! No Jew was allowed to pray at the W.Wall. No Jew was allowed oo enter the cave of the Patriarchs. These are the Arabs. These are the Jordanians, Sometimes,people who want to be magnanimous,for a fleeting praise,can cause untold damage later on with no possibility of change,unless,of course,a violent confrontation. Thanks to Moshe Dayan's unbridled haste, Today we are facing one of the most explosive situations in Jerusalem. If not checked immediately,& with a strong hand the people who might fall now,will be nothing in comparison to what will happen later! Be warned ! This is not a tug-of-war between Left & Right !

Jerusalem police set up major roadblocks to the mosque. Then hire Michael Lucas to shoot "Men of Israel 2" right outside the mosque, and then inside it. Then when the shooting is done, flood the mosque with vodka. That will be proportional to the message of "peace" that we have been receiving from the arab world.

Enough! These kinds of things are "exercises in Futility"/STUPIDITY; and, UNNECESSARY Tragedy/Death! Does Any JEW In The US, Israel/Elsewhere-- Think that...MUSLIMS & CHRISTIANS are going away/will relinquish their ties to Jerusalem/the Holy Land...EVER? No! Do Certain MUSLIMS-- Think that...JEWS & CHRISTIANS are going away/will relinquish their ties to Jerusalem/the Holy Land...EVER? No! Do Certain CHRISTIANS Believe-- That BLIND support of Israel's atrocities/peace avoidance, etc...will make MUSLIMS go away/relinquish their ties to Jerusalem/the Holy Land...EVER? No! Relinquishment will NEVER happen!!! History AND Common Sense-- HISTORY shows us, with GREAT evidence...that NONE of the religious groups...has ever PERMANENTLY relinquished their ties to Jerusalem/the Holy Land! Common SENSE/RATIONAL Thinking...should tell us that because they are holy TO ALL THREE...that it never will! Wisdom Says-- All THREE's ties MUST be ACCOMMODATED!!!

the ashkenazi have never gotten along with anyone

In fact the opposite is true. Arabs never cared a hoot about Israel(Temple Mount) until the Jewish people living there and Jews from around the world began to come back to Israel. In fact, it is a recent development that the area became the Third Holiest site for Muslims. Something done simply to unite Muslims against Jews as a PR move. Remember the site is considered holy because Mohammad had a dream that he traveled to the most distant Mosque...some scholars felt Medina was the location... and ascended to heaven(Dome of the Rock). The problem is THERE WAS NO MOSQUE there when he had this dream. It was built 70 years after he died. Whoops!! Nice try P. Dove. CASE CLOSED

Israel should be paying for the airfare of any tourists who want to visit the temple mount so they can see the real proponents of apartheid ( as in a Judenrein Judia, Sameria and Temple Mount) in action

In campaigns like this, the anti-terror forces lose, because they don't win, and the rebels win by not losing.

Jerusalem.No one riots against it! Stop spreading lies about. Jewish historical roots in Jerusalem and historical Israel were the kungdom of David and Salomon existed over 2500 years ago Those are historical facts. I grew up in communist Poland.In history lessons we learned of Jewish temples in Jerusalem,the Kingdoms of David and Solomon, the revolts of Macabeim and Bar Kohva against Greeks and Romans. Now Arab Palestinians are rewriting history asserting that Jews were never in history a nation in Judea and Samaria and that we are descendants of Crimean Kazhars and invaders of Palestine.Palestine never was a state nor were Palestinians a nation.You are proving now that you arenot capable to function as anation, nether democartic not authocratic.Your most talked about leager was the Egyptian born Yasser Arafat shown to be a corrupt chieftain & tief of aid money by UN. Golda Meir was right:theren't Palestinians,Amos Oz:PLO most stupid liberation movement;Eban,Pals never miss an....

A title like this article's is such proof of how low we have fallen from the days of King Shlomo. :o(

For 19 years Jordan had control over east Jerusalem.No freedom of religion in 19 years. No Israeli Jew could pray in the holiest place for Jews.Now Jordan has no control over Jerusalem,but they still don't want the Jews to have that right.Maybe it is because the king Abdullah is afraid of ending up like Abdullah the first his great grand father. Assassinated by Palestinians in Al Aqsa Mosque.

It has been a Muslim site since the 7th century. Isrrael was made a nation in 1948. No one has to be "thankful" to Israel. These fanatic factions of Jews are trying to take over the site and must be stopped for the sake of peace. Incitement is not a religious commandment.

and in Turkey, an ally of Israel and a mediator between Israel and the rest of the Mulim world, they are burning Israeli flags in protest. The perception is that Israel and its most extreme elements are attempting to take over the Temple Mount and this is not a completely specious speculation. It is time for Israel to nip it in the bud and make clear to these inciters that they shall be arrested and treated as the criminals they are.

Anyone can read the literature of the Temple Institute and other groups of fanatic nationalist to see that this is their own claim. They have been trying for yrs to erect a synagogue on the Temple Mount. Their intention is not to share but to control and dispossess the Muslims from the site. They refer to the Muslims in their literature as usurpers, polluters and occupiers. Salah is therefore basing his assertion on their stated intentions. It is hardly something covert.

Israel is exploiting the situation. It knows it is on very shaky ground diplomatically and is under pressure. What will distract from that and what can they use as a ruse? Jerusalem of course, Jerusalem at Sukkot, the great pilgrimage festival. What is their intention? Provke the Muslims whose actions have all been defensive. They did not intiatie this round of tensions. The nationalist and religious grops, ie the Temple Institute have made their plans clear. They have an agenda which starts with incitement. From there it escalates to violence. Their intention is to take over the Temple Mount and throw off the Muslims. Muslims know it and are reacting to that threat. The international community cannot let Isrsel get away with this. The region cannot have a thrid intifada, though Israel is certainly egging it on.

It does not take much more than a clear No! to stop it. The rest is decidedness and the ressources of Israel are limited. There is plenty of money, but not more. Let Israels Arabs wear yellow labels, a big yello *A* or something like that other yellow label, to make the world understand what the president of Iran wants to say. The difference is just the timing and how it looks. And that the world is used to it. To kill or not, so what. Yes, we can? Not much!

it was the Jews (actually Jewish police) who (1) smuggled the rock and wheelbarrows onto the mount in their pockets, a piece at a time, (2) took off their uniforms where they wore arab costumes underneath, (3) stashed the rocks and wheelbarrows in the mosques, (4) then went back and redressed in their police uniforms and quickly pretended to discover the rocks and wheelbarrows before the peaceful arabs could uncover their ruse and get rid of the planted evidence. alternative: the peaceful arabs were getting rid of the planted materials by heaving them over the western wall and the police wrongly accused them of rioting. hom'em I doin'? do I get to qualify as a clever, peaceful arab yet?

Jordan should stop spewing its crap. The fact is Jews can be anywhere in the Land of Israel including the site of their ancient Temple at the Temple Mount.

Slipshod scholarship has mislocated the Jewish Temples, whose true location was to the South of the so-called ?Temple Mount? (TM): (1) 6th century Byzantine Historian Procopius stated that Western "Wailing Wall" was not Herodian, but built by Justinian to broaden the foundation for his massive Hagia Sophia, soon destroyed by the Persians, and rebuilt to 1/2 scale by the first Caliph of Jerusalem as a mosque to entice Jerusalem`s Christians. (2) Agrippa`s testimony of a clear view of the Temple from the Hashmonean Palace locates a spot just to the South of the TM, which would have been too high to have permitted such a view. (3) Historical documentation from the first 6 centuries demonstrates that the Temple location was well known, and conforms to the location in (2), near the Gihon Spring temple water source. The rubble excavated from the basements of the Waqf on the TM proves the TM was built well after the 2nd century CE. http://www.biblemysteries.com/lectures/builtwailingwall.htm http://www.templemount.org/sagiv2/index.html http://www.templemount.org/sagiv2/drawing20.jpg The Temple Mount location was well known up to the 7th century, and conforms to Herod Agrippa`s sighting of it, south of the current "Temple Mount", reared by Emperor Justinian as a platform for his Hagia Sophia in Jerusalem. However, this site neglects the other evidence in my post, which completes the true historical picture. http://www.askelm.com/temple/t991001.htm (4) The Waqf basement excavations on the Temple Mount PROVE that both First and Second Temple debris were swept up from the broad environs of the Temple Mount area and used as FILL by the Temple Mount builder, who could ONLY HAVE BEEN JUSTINIAN, AND NOT HEROD, BECAUSE HEROD WOULD NOT HAVE PUT SECOND TEMPLE DEBRIS DEEP WITHIN HIS ALLEGED TEMPLE MOUNT. Also, these debris have contained Roman coins and artifacts clearly decades after the completion of the Second Temple. The fill of the Temple Mount clearly dates it after Herod the Great. (5) The Temple Mount was the location of the Roman fortress of Antonia, and the seat of the Roman government of Jerusalem and Judea. The Hashmonean architectural features which may be authentic would have served the prominent and politically central Antonia fortress, and not the Temple Mount. Robinson's and Warren's Arches in the Temple Mount could just as well have been Justinian's handiwork.

all evidence to the contrary perhaps you meant just a loss for any intelligent words?

Its outrages other countries are trying to stop Jews going to a certain place in their own country. They should be thankful that Israel is letting them even near the site!! Its a jewish site, which they have tried to erase from history by building ontop of it. Trying to cover it up. Its a jewish site in Israel!!!!!

it is a loss of time and money and lives!

all muslims pray= Dear god please dont let any jew to enter this world!?!?!!?!!? let them extinct! God= What the.... please can anyone tell me why why why on the earth i created religion did any of u understand that?? why would i do such stupidity??

...should be the only instructions to the IDF. What interests me is who gave the Palestinians instructions to riot at this time? Could this have something to do with just talking to Iran? Iran holds many cards and knows it can shake down its enemies before negotiations to get MORE!

On the same day the Temple Mount was conquered from the Jordanians in June 1867, Moshe Dayan stupidly handed over control of it to the Muslim Waqf. Had he delivered its control to the Israeli Ministry of Religions instead, he would have prevented much strife, violence nad bloodshed, as is proven by Israeli government control of other Muslim and Christian holy places throughout the country.

judith I believe you got the people wrong , is the goverment of Israel that does that. When the goverment of Israel give equal right2 state for 2 people and freedom to the Palestinian I know the peace will be achieve!

Let's burn some Turkish Flags outside the Turkish Embassy! Let's cut tourism to Turkey (AGAIN). Let's petition the UN about Turkish Genocide! It's time people even protestors accepted the fact that they TOO have to accept responsibility for their actions. It all needs to be about reciprocity!

The abomination of desolations is it's proper title. Move it and the stone throwing apes to Mecca. The Saudi's would welcome it, I'm sure. How can they 'recognize' any site in Israel among Jews when they refuse to recognize the state of Israel? Selected myopia? More muslim bullshoes.

Jordan is not sincere in defending Al Aqsa, Jordan was shy in securing the freedom of its prisoners in Israeli jails despite the infamous Wadi Araba treaty with Israel. Morooco king is the head of Al Quds salvation committee for God knows how many long years. What did he do?. He is dealing with Israel barely secretly! Who would want those protectors?

Jordan is not sincere in defending Al Aqsa, Jordan was shy in securing the freedom of its prisoners in Israeli jails despite the infamous Wadi Araba treaty with Israel. Morooco king is the head of Al Quds salvation committee for God knows how many long years. What did he do?. He is dealing with Israel barely secretly! Who would want those protectors?

Slipshod scholarship has mislocated the Jewish Temples, whose true location was to the South of the so-called ?Temple Mount? (TM): (1) 6th century Byzantine Historian Procopius stated that Western "Wailing Wall" was not Herodian, but built by Justinian to broaden the foundation for his massive Hagia Sophia, soon destroyed by the Persians, and rebuilt to 1/2 scale by the first Caliph of Jerusalem as a mosque to entice Jerusalem`s Christians. (2) Agrippa`s testimony of a clear view of the Temple from the Hashmonean Palace locates a spot just to the South of the TM, which would have been too high to have permitted such a view. (3) Historical documentation from the first 6 centuries demonstrates that the Temple location was well known, and conforms to the location in (2), near the Gihon Spring temple water source. The rubble excavated from the basements of the Waqf on the TM proves the TM was built well after the 2nd century CE. http://www.biblemysteries.com/lectures/builtwailingwall.htm http://www.templemount.org/sagiv2/index.html http://www.templemount.org/sagiv2/drawing20.jpg The Temple Mount location was well known up to the 7th century, and conforms to Herod Agrippa`s sighting of it, south of the current "Temple Mount", reared by Emperor Justinian as a platform for his Hagia Sophia in Jerusalem. However, this site neglects the other evidence in my post, which completes the true historical picture. http://www.askelm.com/temple/t991001.htm (4) The Waqf basement excavations on the Temple Mount PROVE that both First and Second Temple debris were swept up from the broad environs of the Temple Mount area and used as FILL by the Temple Mount builder, who could ONLY HAVE BEEN JUSTINIAN, AND NOT HEROD, BECAUSE HEROD WOULD NOT HAVE PUT SECOND TEMPLE DEBRIS DEEP WITHIN HIS ALLEGED TEMPLE MOUNT. Also, these debris have contained Roman coins and artifacts clearly decades after the completion of the Second Temple. The fill of the Temple Mount clearly dates it after Herod the Great. (5) The Temple Mount was the location of the Roman fortress of Antonia, and the seat of the Roman government of Jerusalem and Judea. The Hashmonean architectural features which may be authentic would have served the prominent and politically central Antonia fortress, and not the Temple Mount. Robinson's and Warren's Arches in the Temple Mount could just as well have been Justinian's handiwork.

Unfortunately you are right, if Moshe Dyon hads not turned the Mount over to Arabs after Jerusalem was recaptured, things might have been different. Israel should have put the law down. Muslims should have been forbidden to access the Mosque which was built illegally anyway just to change history.

that it is the Jews who stoned tourists and stockpiled rocks in wheelbarrows to continue assaulting the peaceful Arab worshippers...

Jordan controlled Temple Mount and jews were not permitted to go there despite the fact its the holiest site for them in the world not the Kotel. Why don't we also go back to the Jordanian law that forbid jews going to the Kotel to pray but did allow arabs to urinate against it. They really were the good old days weren't they? In 1967 Israel took over and decided to leave the running of the site in the hands of the Waqf as a gesture of goodwill towards the muslims. Since then the Waqf have been digging the place up and destroying arcehology. Arabs have thrown stones at jews praying at the Kotel, there have been riots, the Waqf have tried to stop jewish access. Israel has gone all out to make Jersalem but the arabs have thrown it right back in their face and then blamed it all on Israel. The only reason Jordan is even appealing to the US to stop jewish access to their holiest site is because they know he has become an arab puppet all who jumps when told to.

They are demanding respect of their religion from all religions,cultures,and nations. The show no respect for any religion,culture or nation.How come one would ask.Appeasement and sumission by the west,made them believe that they are having more rights than any other religion.

These violent Muslim thugs are loved and empathised by the whole wide world for their violent behaviour??? truly sickening, and they have a chutzpah to call us an apartheid state where we let them worship what they want, where as Saudi Arabia type societies do not permitt this,and the rest of the world condones this??? GO ON LEFTIES,DEMOCRATS,OBAMAMANIACS SELL YOUR SOUL FOR OIL FORGET ABOUT A DEVIL.

The Arabs can forget about Jerusalem altogether, this is the final straw,they go build on beit hamikdash,we let them preserve their two mosques and now all this nonsense again??? Jerusalem should not be divided at all to appease the International Muslim community, atleast under Israeli control all 3 faiths will have safe,gaurenteed access to their holy sites.

You are so right. Israel won all the wars it was forced to fight against the Arabs and they continue to make all the demands. When Jordan held Jeruslem for those 19 years Jews were forbidden to pray at all theor shrines including the Western Wall but since Israel recaptred Jeruslem and Hebron Muslems and Christians are allowed to pray at their holy places but restrictions are still made against Jews. The US and other countries complain if restrictions are made to accomodate Jews on their holy days. western

an Islamic state such as Saudi Arabia where makeshift hindu shrines built by Indian contract workers,aswell as churches get destroyed???And the world keeps quiet??? Abbas and Haniyeh forget about dividing Jerusalem or joint control i was going too support the latter but this hypocrisy is the last straw, you are lucky if you get Ramallah even after your last stunt!!!

only Muslims on the mount???Israel could have easily blasted those mosques to hell but no we preserved them,inspite the fact the cemetry on the mount of olives was desecrated??? And to the poster who said the link of Jews to Jerusalem is a fabrication does your Quran say the same thing???or is it your usual Taqiyah???

The Palestinians are crying,aparthied. The Israel bashers are crying,aparthied. Now all of them want,aparthied.

For 19 years the Jordanians had control over east Jerusalem,and in those 19 years Israelis had no right to pray in Jerusalem. Now they don't have control over Jerusalem,but they still think that Israelis don't have that right. Don't let Muslims onto Mecca,don't let Catholics onto the Vatican,how about that!

within its own sovereign territory? And what is the nature of the advise? Discriminate against Jews, single them out. This is obviously racism. But it is not difficult understanding it coming from Jordan, a country with a "peace agreement" with Israel. No Jew, only for being Jewish, may reside permanently or acquire real property in the kingdom. This law, incidentally was applied also in the West Bank during the time Jordan controlled it and it is still in affect in areas under the Palestinian Authority.

I have been to visit the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque numerous times, starting in the 70s. There were never any problems until Zionist provocations made things worse. We saw Sharon barge onto the plateau with thousands of policmen protecting him. He meant to tell the Palestinians: this is ours and we are going to take it just like we went and grabbed the rest of Palestine. He encouraged the secular Zionist ultranationalists, who will do anything to suppress Palestinian culture in Arab East Jerusalem. Then there are the crazy Jewish fundamentalists, who want to tear down the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque and build the "Third Temple". Go and see the model on display in the Jewish quarters of the Old City. If you look at what Zionist colonists have done so far in East Jerusalem, in the Old City of el-Khalil (Hebron) and in the whole of the Occupied Territories the mistrust among Palestinians of Israel's intentions in East Jerusalem is more than justified.

So because Muslims are frustrated by only seeing Jews and tourists, they shouldn`t be allowed to the holy site? This is pure hypocracy! Muslims enjoy visiting their holy sites, some of which are built on top of other relegions` holy sites, and then they get frustrated when Jews want to visit a common holy site.I wonder if any jew wants to visit Kabaa in Saudi Arabia, and what would happen if they wanted to.

the UN should immediately set up a committee in order to entrust a group of eskimos to run the daily affairs on the mount. they should specifically be authorized to use their special hooks for seal hunting to keep order, applying these on anyone stepping out of line, irrespective of their religion. the special privilege of sole proprietorial rights over the temple mount should thus pass from the waqf to the innuit tribe under a new UN mandate (but not in any respect to the canadian state). let there be peace.

The Hashemites are playing to the gallery, the huge percentage of the population that identify themselves as Palestinian. The Jordanian government is desperate to be seen by this populace to be getting tough with Israel on the 'issue' of the Temple Mount.

The Temple Mount must simply be shut down. For tourists,Christians,Jews and Muslims. Until peace is restored. The first focus signs of a third intifada are now in the making. The past agreements must also be revisited, let us all remember the outcome of the infamous visit of PM Sharon. Al Aqsa is the third most holiest site in the Muslim World. All religions must learn to respect said Mosque. Good day from cold Swiss Alps.

Yea, let's here something from the EU, or Peace Now, or UK academics, or the Norwegian government, or Jew Street or any of the boycott movements, or anybody else. Here is real apartheid racism, not the politically incorrect smears against Israel. The real Arab agenda is coming out: intolerance, racism, apartheid against the Jews. Come to think of it, it's the Palestinians who have official laws that restrict Jews, not Israel.

...lets finally give the pals their own homeland, then they can go home and as an Israeli taxpayer, i'm willing to even pay for constructing a duplicate temple mount for them as a gift in their future capital sunny ramalla. they can riot all they like there with their disrespectful manners. Waiting for the days when the pals will go to their own home, and can the last one please lock the door behind u!!

should NOT seek to pray on the Temple Mount? As I understand it, it's to do with the issues of purification and uncertainty about the precise location of the 2nd temple? Is this correct or am I quite wrong, can anyone enlighten me? I also gather that some religious Jews, particularly among the Haredim and in the National Religious Party, disagree with the decree and seek to pray on the Mount. Again, is this right?

"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep THE FEAST OF TABERNACLE... THE LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the FEAST OF TABERNACLE." Zachariah 14:16-19 it shall come to pass that the L-RD will bless His JEWISH children to dwelt forever in Jerusalem, and for all nations are required to come up to Jerusalem to celebrate Sukkot yearly, ".. this shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast..." the HOLY SCRIPTURE says so, and i believe it literally. Jordan, Eqypt, UN, even Obama can say all they want, the sole Master of the Temple Mount is G-D, who loves the Jews so dearly! who can be against G-D's will? Haaretz, pl print this to encourage my Jewish friends in Israel. toda rabah.

The move by US diplomats to dupe or bribe or blackmail Abbas into dropping Goldstone was one of the most damaging incidents in the last 20 years in the Middle East. It destroyed incipient moves to make the Middle East subject to international law, and reinstated the law of the jungle. US diplomats voted for violence and now they're getting it.

None of the usual humanitarians had a problem when King Hussein unleashed his Bedouin troops on their "beloved Palestinians" killed by the thousands and kicked them out of Jordan. Not even one of the usual litany of slogans but they sure can "care" when it suits their political agenda...

So interesting :-) You have been writing the same falsehoods yesterday, just under another name! Since the turn of the century, Jerusalem (1900) has a proven Jewish majority. And all the stuff you write just proves the fact that Jewish rights were ignored in the Islamic (and the Christian) world for centuries. Now, what is being discussed here is to close the Temple mount (Ham a Sharif) to Jews and tourists and allow Muslims who now clearly ignite violence onto the mount is outrageous. To keep the fanatics of both sides away till the atmosphere calms down is on the one hand reasonable but you would have to keep away approximately half of the Muslim worshipers then? Well I just can clearly state that is is about time, the Muslims have to finally agree to the fact that this site is the most sacred site of Judaism and that has nothing but nothing to do with Zionism. To the so called Palestinian dove: Better study history (also reasonable Arab sources ) and not the latest propaganda.

the conflict about this place will never stop even after 100 years,so the best according to my opinion is to knock it down and build a nice cinema instead were every body can have good time.

The Arabs have the Temple Mount all year long and only make riots when it is Jewish holy days. This is a pilgrim holiday mandated in the Bible for all Jews to come. If it is done in an orderily fashion it should be fine. not all Jews want to visit the Temple Mount, most prefer the Wall. Yet these stone throwing show such intolerance and hatred. respect is gone.

There is no reference whatsoever in the Koran to Jerusalem or the al aksa mosque. Supposedly Mohammed dreamed he visited Jerusalem, but never set foot there. The only reason Jerusalem has any importance to muslims at all is because they know that it legitimately belongs to the Jewish people & is Judaism's holiest place, so this threatens & prevents them from having absolute control over the entire region. Obviously, no Israeli government would ever tear it down out of fear of insulting Islam & causing a war, but maybe G-d in his infinite wisdom will set-off an earthquake that will bring it down once & for all. If there's no mosque, that's one less thing to fight over.

It is quite interesting to read some of the comments here regarding the Mosque. Most Israelis and their supporters seem oblivious to the fact that the so called Jewish link to Jerusalem is a modern day invention and had no historical background. Jews only started demanding access to the present day Western Wall following the British conquest of the city in 1918 which advocated the establishment of the so called 'Jewish national home' in Palestine. Any claim of Jewish right in the city is therefore false and a futile attempt at distorting history...

We are not a 2nd class citizenry in our own state, let alone concerning a holy site that is our most cherished and venerated. Which saw a millenia before muhammad preached his sura's two temples to the one God!!! The chutzpa is unbelievable and never ending. and these are supposed to be our friends, these our supposed to be the moderates within the region!?!

It has the power to forbid public transport on Shabat and it works because it is enforced by the law. It has forbidden Jews access to the Temple Mount. Let it be enforced by the law. The Jews who have been trying to access it regularly not out of respect and to marvel at its beauty but in order to carry out religious ceremonies have blown it for the rest of us. The will blow the country for the rest of us if we don't do something about them now.

Israel makes a lot of things clear at the moment and they all have this in common. A total inability to see reality. You've been to Jerusalem, I've been to Jerusalem - don't know about you, but I'm there at least once a week. There is no unity at all in that city, And the division between East and West Jerusalem is crystal clear to anyone with two eyes in their head. Stamp your foot and scream all you want, but there was an Israel without the Temple Mount for 19 years and it survived perfectly well like that, even won a war. Since then it has lost all its military wars and is now in the process of losing its war with world opinion.

Idea: don't let Muslims with their false god Allah on the Temple Mt! What a joke. Can you imagine Israel telling Muslims not to go to Mecca? Allah is not the god of the Jewish Bible, but a pagan god. Kick them out! Do you think King David would allow pagans on the Temple Mount? Politically correct Israel is killing itself.

I don't imagine any world state other than Israel would impose a restriction that prevented it's Muslim citizens under the age of 50 to practice religion in the mosque of their choice, but maybe that's the difference between democracies that are secular states, and theocracies who masquerade as democracies and indulge in illegal occupation, genocide and religious oppression!

I don't imagine any world state other than Israel would impose a restriction that prevented it's Muslim citizens under the age of 50 to practice religion in the mosque of their choice, but maybe that's the difference between democracies that are secular states, and theocracies who masquerade as democracies and indulge in illegal occupation, genocide and religious oppression!

Arabs do not have any right on Jerusalem whatsoever. It is certainly not the fact that the Mosque of El Akza has been built in Jerusalem that gives the Arabs any right (when the Mosque was built, Jerusalem was already Jewish since 1500 years?). Mosques have been built in London, Paris, Brussels and other cities. Does that fact give the Arabs any right on these cities ? There is no doubt about the legitimity of the Jewish sovereignty on Jerusalem as described at : http://xrl.us/bi7qx

Jordan is a ficticious state devoid of historical credibility, and created by the British Judas for 30 barrels of oil. The corruption of the Balfour remains an immoral and illegal deed, perpetrated under extreme duress following the Holocaust. A Saudi family should not be in Palestine. The British anti-semites should be taken to task for their deeds in Israel and India.

History and facts are boring to anti-Semites, but let's repeat them anyway.The 1st Temple was built by David and Solomon 3000 years ago, while Arabs were still pagans and animists. Mohamed, who was illiterate, forced his Jewish slave to write his book of alleged revelations 1400 years ago, aka the Koran.The Koran mentions Jerusalem obliquely, exactly once, in Sura 17.Jerusalem is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible only 682 times - as the center of the Jewish world.Therefore a solution to the Moslem orchestrated riots on the Temple Mount which forbids Jews to be on the mount, while allowing Moslems to pray there, is ludicrous. Reason and justice demand the Jews be allowed complete access to the Temple Mount.And only if the Muslims stop their criminal behavior on the mount, should the Israeli authorities allow Muslims to pray there too.Another uncomfortable historical fact.In 1967 Jordan justifiably lost their rights to Jerusalem as a result of losing their unprovoked war to annihilate Israel

Please!!! what is going on,nobody can tell Israelies where to go,they should go where tey want.

Brought to you by American Jews voting for Clinton, Carter and Obama. Who needs to visit the Temple Mount when we have Google Earth?

I'm a little bit at a loss for words. It is mostly the Israeli governments fault that the Jewish people are facing this situation in the first place. Not the brightest candles on a relatively dim lamp.

Or will the Left, Democrats and the EU show that their calls for freedom of worship and civil rights are hypocrisy, just as they showed that their calls for the freedom of the press was also hypocrisy when they censored to the Mohammad pictures?

will be rebuilt...so that means the Jews will eventually win the war.

Moshe Dayan made a grave mistake when he allowed the Waqf to administer The Temple Mount. The Temple Mount must ba administered by Israel while respecting the Moslems as long as the remain respectful of the law. Jews and other non-Moslems should be allowed on the Mount except while regular Moslem services are being said. The Mount is the site of The Temple and must remain under Israeli control. Neither Jordan nor the P.A. has any claims to rule what goes on on the Mount.

If the Jordanians and Muslims refer to it as "The Temple Mount" then they acknowledge it belongs to the Jews and not to them. So they have no legal right to dictate what we JEWS can and cannot do.

Israel MUST make it absolutely clear that Jerusalem, united Jerusalem, is the eternal capital of Israel. Jerusalem, united Jerusalem, is and ALWAYS will be sovereign Israeli territory and that includes the Temple Mount. There is no Israel without Jerusalem. Not the US nor Jordan and for that matter nor anyone else can tell Israelis where they can go or can?t go in Israel.

Under Israeli rule every person of any religion would be allowed to visit the Temple Mount. Muslims do not rule this world and never will. Stop trying to appease them!

Jordan has something to say. They talk as if they still occupy the Israeli Holy cityof Jerusalem They must be silent and remember that Israel does not hear bullshit.They kept the jews out of the holy sites for many years.Now they can go to hell

even attack with knives and stab! What a lovely people.what a lovely religion. No wonder they have no friends axcept lefty antisemites.

What a Cheek! First there was the Temple. Then the Arabs build on top of it and pretend that the site is theirs. Next they want to exclude Jews from visiting the site of the Holy Temple. Somebody needs to do some serious editing of Arab & Moslem history books! But isn't this the case with just about every bogus Moslem claim!

sounds racist, doesn't it? So stop expecting Israel to be higher than thou. Jews have a right to religious freedom which is seperate from the political conflict. Jews were never allowed to pray on the temple mount under Jordanian rule, allow them at least this one right now. Keeping Jews of the temple mount honoring the Jordanians? Well, keeping Jordanians out of Israel I am sure will now honor many Jews.

How about barring Muslims from the Temple mount until tensions calm.......

Amazing - And that is the fault of past Israeli Gov. etc etc. Some one should tell the Jordanians to first of all accept their brothers in the West Gaza, Lebanon etc in JORDAN. Who are they to tell Israel what to do in its own territory. Like it or not it is controlled and is an INTEGRAL PART OF ISRAEL, JUST LIKE - ALL OF - JERUSALEM. ACCEPT REALITY. Who controls the doors to Temple Mount?. ISRAEL and there is nothing they can do about it - THAT IS REALITY.

Only Muslims allowed....so they believe in apartheid, hmmmmmmm......

Mount ! If the Palestinians can't share the Temple mount in peace then they can lose it ! It was given back after the war in 1967 as a 'gesture of good will'. All have learned time and time again how far good will goes with these ungrateful and arrogant Palestinians. Their assertion may be correct, a self-fulfilling prophecy. They may yet lose the mount.

I don't imagine any world state other than Israel would impose a restriction that prevented it's Muslim citizens under the age of 50 to practice religion in the mosque of their choice, but maybe that's the difference between democracies that are secular states, and theocracies who masquerade as democracies and indulge in illegal occupation, genocide and religious oppression!

Many years ago, when a serial molester/rapist was stalking women in Tel Aviv, it was recommended that women stay indoors until he was apprehended. Then-MK Golda Meir is said to have commented that it seemed that the better plan was to enforce a curfew on the men--the women were innocent victims, and shouldn't be confined unfairly. In a similar fashion, perhaps it's time to limit Palestinian access to the Temple Mount, and leave the Jews free to access their own holy site.

The Temple Mount is the ultimate Goal for Israel , this only happen in Israel in no other part of the world have that problem, is divide like that when the minority rule the country only in Israel ,is time to stop that and take what belongs to the land,people,God and to Jewish around the world .

until Jerusalem and West Bank was liberated from your control and now the Arabs as well as Jews have access to Temple mount aka A Quds, Israel had the opportunity to dynamite the mosque built on top of the Temple mount but preserved it.

the peace process needed a crisis one is going to be fooled by official Israeli hasbara over this. Fanatic Jews should not be allowed any where near the Mosque compound since we all know what they are up to. It`s quite astonishing to read here the many comments by die hard deluded Zionists who keep refering to the Mosque as `mount`. Well, let me tell you something you never read in official Zionist narrative. The handful of Jews or so who had lived in the old city of Jerusalem since the Arab conquest in the 7th century A.D never bothered with the area until the late 16th century. Previous generations of Jews who visited or resided in the city had never made any attempt at praying near the Mosque. Until the 1920`s, Jews never prayed near the site and only started demanding access after the arrival of the British in 1918 to the part of the wall of the Mosque where the current Western Wall stands. The entire history of a Jewish link to the city is a fabrication.

"He told an Arab television station that the Israeli occupation seeks to build a synagogue on Al-Aqsa Mosque." there are already two mosques on the temple mount... what would be soo wrong with having an area designated to jewish prayer... there could also be an area for christian... Of course all persons who would enter this scared spot are clothed in the proper attire and all persons are respectfull to each others religions. The fact remains that there is a schism in the line of Abraham(ibrahim) which has caused three of shoots of the same right. We as a people must learn to respect each other. In Canada we encourage intergration and especially embrace our model of integration (multiculturalism) For a people so closely related in faith, we have shared histories and rights and we should come together and show g-d that we can indeed share the same piece of land... and in it achieve peace and prosperity...

This seems rather silly to me as the Temple has always been a Jewish site, Its the place where the glory of God/HaShem resides and is totally Israeli. I can never figure out exactly how the Arabs decided it belonged to them, even their own book says it is Jewish, or that's what I was told. Whatever the case it should be up to Israel to say who goes up there, and from what I know they allow any and all to go to worship. Shame the Muslims arent that nice about it.

Haaretz, do you have permission of the Jordanian government to print this article or is that freedom on its way out. What is next? It seems anything Israel does needs international permission. Why is this? The reason is hatred of Jews and because they have their own homeland to live in. Now, religious Jews are labeled as extremists. Peaceful law abiding Jews are extremists while the rock throwing Arabs must be protected by the international community. Where has common sense and decency in the world gone to. Israel must be strong in this world of hatred and falsehood and stick to its ideals and protection of its citizens.

"Tolerant" of what?!

Jordan's pretends to dictate Israel not to allow Jews to go to the Temple Mount. What a world of Chutzpa we live in. Unbelievable.

Significant evidence shows the Temple Mount is the home to both Jewish Holy Temples. The Muslims, and the Catholic Church before it have painstakingly attempted to eradicate the Jewish history inherent to the Holy site. The waqf attempted to trash the compound removing over 40 truckloads of artifact and shipping them to dumps. Obfuscation will not work, but does show that yet again as with the Czech Republic and Poland the BHO administration is seeking to sacrifice an American ally in the name of appeasing the enemy of civilized existence.

I am offended that the Temple Mount should be denied to much of humanity. It is one of the most important places in the world to three great religions. The dome is an architectural treasure. It think it is awful that anyone should take actions which would deny access to the Temple Mount to humanity. Whether they be stone throwing teenage Arab jerks or Israeli police. But there are those who cannot treat one of mankind's most sacred spots as anything but a toy in their venal ambitions.

For the last 8 years the government of the United States had only one way of dealing with the world. My way or the Highway. More than that, it had the belief that if you shat upon everyone, they would kiss up to you. This theory of international relations was an astounding flop. Now Israel is enjoying it's third government with the same approach and the same beliefs. It is working no better than it did for Uncle Sam. What greater moments of progress in it's international relations had Israel than the advent of peace with Egypt and Jordan? Israeli kids don't even have to sneak into Petra anymore (not as much fun, but . . . ). So what do the people of Israel think they will get for shitting upon the world? I really think it might be wise to consider just how far out of touch with reality the current government is.

Now Jordan is telling Israel what to do. Israel is being bossed around. It's too bad if the Arabs are unhappy. If they can't be peaceful they will have no say as to what Israel will do.

their primitive behaviour must be delt with all severity of the law.

how about not allowing arabs until they become civilized?

Palestinians riot and threaten more rioting, so Jews should stay home. What a world we live in.

This is the problem with Arabs. No one except muslims can visit their holy sites. Which is why Jerusalem has to stay, amongst other reasons, under Israel's control.

No one is going to be fooled by official Israeli hasbara over this. Fanatic Jews should not be allowed any where near the Mosque compound since we all know what they are up to. It`s quite astonishing to read here the many comments by die hard deluded Zionists who keep refering to the Mosque as `mount`. Well, let me tell you something you never read in official Zionist narrative. The handful of Jews or so who had lived in the old city of Jerusalem since the Arab conquest in the 7th century A.D never bothered with the area until the late 16th century. Previous generations of Jews who visited or resided in the city had never made any attempt at praying near the Mosque. Until the 1920`s, Jews never prayed near the site and only started demanding access after the arrival of the British in 1918 to the part of the wall of the Mosque where the current Western Wall stands. The entire history of a Jewish link to the city is a fabrication. Jerusalem is as Arab as Paris is French.Shamshonic peace