Work/Repair Starts in Jerusalem

[imported_dna]

Just as expected:
Violence at Jerusalem holy site
Muslim protesters leave al-Aksa Mosque after standoff

Gotta love how they play the victim card, and the BBC is more than happy to be their stenograph:

Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, who is holed up inside the mosque, spoke to the BBC by telephone saying that Israeli forces had thrown a cordon around the area and were not allowing anyone in or out.

"We are besieged. Ambulances are not allowed to enter to evacuate the injured Palestinian people. Paramedics are offering first aid to them," he said.

 

[firewall]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Hmmm, is it worth it to the Israelis to stir up the Hornets nest?

Yes, because the Israelis can later act as victims to gain our sympathy and tax dollars. :frown:

 

[firewall]

Originally posted by: Orignal Earl

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Keep in mind that this is the holiest place in Judaism, yet nobody is worried about their feelings, only how the Palestinians might feel about it.

And Christianity and Islam
I think The problem is that it is quickly becoming a Jews only allowed place

QFT.

 

[imported_dna]

Originally posted by: firewall
QFT.

Ignorance persists.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: dna

Originally posted by: firewall
QFT.

Ignorance persists.

QFT.

 

[firewall]

Yes, ignorance persists judging by the two posts above this one. :disgust:

 

[imported_dna]

I'm sure that you and the other guy will no dobut post something to back your assertion, right?

Otherwise, any 3-year old can type "QFT".

 

[imported_dna]

firewall, I'm waiting for you to back up your assertions, but in the meantime:

Clashes by Jerusalem holy site continue

In a demonstration that this really has nothing to do with religious places, a tour bus with Canadians got attacked.

Angry Palestinians also pelted a bus carrying vacationing Canadians on a tour of the Mount of Olives holy site in east Jerusalem.

"We were just driving and all of a sudden a bunch of kids started picking up rocks and whatever they could get their hands on and started throwing it at the bus," said Dave Wood, one of the tourists. "This is our first day in the Holy City and it was quite disturbing to say the least."

Any comments regarding equivalence, Aimster?

 

[firewall]

Originally posted by: dna
I'm sure that you and the other guy will no dobut post something to back your assertion, right?

I don't need to prove anything to you. Palestinians or Israelis, it is my tax dollars and those of other Americans that are being wasted for protecting Israel. And I would rather they be spent in my own country than some small piece of land in the Middle East.

Otherwise, any 3-year old can type "QFT".

Yes, I can see proof of that by reading your posts.

 

[imported_dna]

So you admit peddling in unproveable claims.

I'm glad we settled that one.

Why don't you take a plane to Israel to see that you can go wherever you wish?
It will probably an eye opening experience, in contrast to sitting by the computer, and talking about matters you are obviously ill-equipped to comment about.

 

[imported_dna]

An interesting article regarding why the Arabs are throwing tantrums over the work:
Digs, lies and the Mugrabi bridge

Who among us knows, for example, that the al-Aqsa Mosque, which according to contemporary studies was built some 1,400 years ago, is now claimed to have been built at the time of the world's creation, during the days of Adam or Abraham? And who is aware of the fact that increasing numbers of Muslim academics and religious leaders claim it existed even before Jesus and Moses and that Islam preceded Judaism in Jerusalem?

Today, thousands of Islamic rulings, publications and sources deny the Jewish roots in Jerusalem and its holy places. They claim that the Temple didn't even exist in Jerusalem but was located in Nablus or Yemen. An Islamic legal pronouncement (fatwa) on the Jerusalem Waqf (Muslim religious trust) Web site says King Solomon and King Herod did not build the Temple at all, but merely refurbished an existing structure that had been there from the days of Adam. Today, many Muslims call the Temple "the greatest fraud crime in history" and many Muslim adjudicators attach the world "so-called" to the word "temple."

 

[ThePresence]

Jerusalem mayor suspends Temple Mount work

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Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski suspended late Sunday night construction of a pavement at the Mugrabi Gate in a bid to douse Muslim anger at renovation work near the Temple Mount.

Muslim leaders fear the deployment of heavy machinery near the Mount could damage the foundations of the al-Aqsa Mosque, with some saying the renovation work is an act of provocation by Israel . Israel has rejected these claims.

Following consultations with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz and Muslim and Jewish leaders, Lupolianski decided to postpone the renovation work until zoning authorities complete drafting plans for the Mugrabi Gate area.

Jerusalem residents, Arabs and Jews alike will be given sufficient time to review the zoning plans and to submit letters of opposition to the renovations.

At the center of the dispute are plans to reconstruct an existing bridge that leads pedestrians to the Mugrabi Gate in the Old City.

Suspension could last months

The Antiquities Authority's will be allowed to proceed with archeological excavations in the area, while public hearings on the matter are being delivered at City Hall.

The decision to commission a zoning plan contravenes a decision by the Jerusalem Municipality Legal Counsel which ruled that the replacement of the bridge requires a routine construction permit. Zoning plans are reserved to the construction of new structures.

Lupoliansky said he hoped for an "ease in tensions in Jerusalem. I believe that cooperation in Jerusalem can bring about coexistence, without mutual disregard."

Lupoliansky aides said that Sunday's decision would effectively relay the construction works to the Municipality's planning and construction division, allowing for more transparency.

"The Mayor's wish is that all works are conducted in full transparency, devoid of underhanded opportunism, and to prove to the wider public that there are no attempts by the municipality to annex lands from the Temple Mount," aides said.

The works could be suspended for months.

Police squashed attempts by Muslim youths to ignite mass riots in protest at the works soon after Friday prayers broke off. Stones and Molotov cocktails were hurled at policemen who fired stun grenades to disperse the rioters.