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Treatment of Temple Mount Artifacts ‘A Disgrace’
Dec. 24, 2013 - The Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, part of Israel's parliament (the Knesset), reports that the treatment of important
historic artifacts found on the Temple Mount is "a disgrace."
The MKs expressed concern over two issues in particular: poor storage of ancient wooden wall segments believed to date back to the time of the First Temple,
and the heap of rubble and antiquities at the eastern part of the Temple Mount.
They believe that the Muslim Waqf, who controls the Temple Mount, is waging a deliberate campaign to destroy Jewish history at the site, and to harass
Jewish visitors.
- Source: Israel National News
Jewish activists want to pray on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, raising alarm in Muslim world
Dec. 4, 2013 - The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is often called the most contested real estate on Earth. It was the site of Solomon's Temple and
the Temple built by Herod in Jesus' days. It is therefore considered the most holy site on Earth for Jews. However, it is also said to be the third most holy place
for Muslims, and has been under their control for centuries. Even after Israel took the area in 1967 it was decided to let the Islamic authorities control the
area. Jews are not allowed to pray there.
Now there is a growing movement by Jewish activists to have some freedom of worship there, and the idea is being debated in the Israeli parliament. A portion
of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government argues in favor of the change.
Sheik Azzam al-Khatib, who oversees the area, said, “This place belongs to the Muslim people, and no others have the right to pray here."
Today, as yet another round of U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are underway, Khatib and other Islamic clerics warn that proposals to grant
“time and space” to Jews looking to pray on the Temple Mount could ignite a holy war.
- Source: Washington Post
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Are Jews preparing to build the prophetic Third Temple? The Washington Post examines that question today. - Joel Rosenberg
- Update: Dec. 6, 2013 -
Tension at Temple Mount is escalating week by week - Times of Israel
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Arab Political Refugee Mudar Zahran: ‘We Arabs and Muslims Are Harming Al-Aqsa, Not Israel or the Jews’ - The Algemeiner
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Op-Ed: True Peace Can Only Begin on the Temple Mount - Israel National News
Jews and Muslims to share al-Aqsa Mosque?
Nov. 13, 2013 - A proposed Israeli law would give Jews the right to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque esplanade. It would designate "time and space"
for Jews wishing to pray there. This mosque is one of the three most holy sites in Islam, and the Israelis allowed an Islamic caretaker to control it, even after the
1976 war. However, the mosque is built on the Temple Mount, which is one of Judaism's most sacred sites. This issue raises fears of another Palestinian uprising
in the near future.
- Source:Al Jazeera
Muslim Anger over Virtual ‘Third Temple’
July 27, 2013 - An educational website about the history of the Temple Mount is under attack from Arab Muslims. It contains
information about the history of the Temple Mount: the site of the First Temple and Second Temple.
What has caused upset in the Muslim world is a representation of the Temple Mount as it would appear with a rebuilt Jewish Temple atop it rather
than Al-Aqsa Mosque that currently stands there.
Boaz Yaakovi, a representative of the website, said they did not intend to provoke or annoy the Muslims. He added that they cannot ignore the
truth just because someone gets angry.
- Source: Israel National News
- The Har Hakodesh
Minister calls for third Temple to be built
July 5, 2013 - Israeli Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel told an archaeological conference that the Jewish Temple shoud
be rebuilt on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Jews are currently banned from praying on the Temple Mount by the Jordanian department of endowments, known as the Wakf, which administers
the plaza surrounding the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Last year, Jewish Home MK Zevulun Orlev also called for the rebuilding of the Temple even though it might launch a world war.
- Source: Times of Israel
Israel Peace With Iran and Neighbors - Mid-East War and Peace Planning
Jun. 11, 2013 - Letter sent to the President and Congress in January from William Mohlenhoff, Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired) and author of
Omega Chronicles. It outlines
... what the Christian Bible teaches about
peace between Israel and its neighbors prior to the 7-year Apocalypse of the End Time Prophecies. Also, with significant background in
Navy aircraft carrier air war and weapon system design and development planning, we submit complete suggestions regarding the means to
settle for peace in the Mid-East. Only a complete understanding of religious beliefs and intentions of the believers will lead to the
peace we are seeking in the Mid-East.
The letter makes helpful suggestions about the use of the Temple Mount in a negotiated peace process.
- Source: William Mohlenhoff
Palestinians rail against Temple Mount ‘Judaization’
May 14, 2013 - On May 8 the Knesset’s Interior Committee heard testimony from the Religious Affairs Ministry that they were
considering a revision of the informal ban on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The news has caused a vehement response from the Muslim
leadership. They claim that this would mean that the al-Aqsa Mosque would be partioned into separate sections for Jewish and Muslim worship
like the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
- Palestinian sensitivity surrounding the al-Aqsa Mosque was already at a peak this week, following the detention for questioning
of Jerusalem Mufti Mohammed Ahmed Hussein on May 8.
- Source: Times of Israel
Arab Group: [Wailing Wall] is a Muslim Site, And Jews Don't Belong There
Feb. 21, 2013 -
- An Israeli Arab group, “The Al-Aqsa Heritage Institute,” on Thursday issued a statement demanding that Israel halt its plans to bring
more Jews to the Kotel (Western Wall) – which, the group claims, is holy not to Jews, but to Muslims.
When Jews were banned from the Temple Mount, first by the Romans, and later by Muslims, they gathered at the retaining wall for prayer because
it was the closest they could get to the grounds where their temple once stood. The group claims that Jewish prayers there defile the holiness of the
area.
- Source: Israel National News
Jordanian minister accuses Israel of planning to erect the third Temple
Jan. 4, 2013 - Islamic Endowments Minister Abdul Salam Abadi claims that Israel is planning to divide the Temple Mount area
in order to erect the third Temple. He claimed it would be a very large structure.
- Jordan, which extended its sovereignty to East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 1950, continues to administer the Islamic holy sites
on the Temple Mount.
- Source: Times of Israel
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