Jerusalem – Jews returned to the Temple Mount compound Monday for the first time since three Israeli-Arab terrorists shot dead two police officers on Friday morning.
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Several dozen Jews toured the Mount without Muslim escorts as officials from the Islamic trust, known in Arabic as the Waqf, which administers the site continued their boycott over new security procedures instituted following the attack.
Some media reports also reported the Jews prayed outside the Dome of the Rock, in contradiction of Waqf rules that prohibit non-Islamic prayer at the site.
Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld would not confirm the number of Jews who visited the site or whether or not they were accompanied by Waqf personnel.
Responding to a text message request for details about the morning’s events, Rosenfeld said only that “security measures continue today in and around the old city and the Temple Mount,” and that “regular visits took place this morning.”
Pictures and videos posted on Facebook by Temple Mount activists show the site looking relatively empty and quiet. The activists described the atmosphere at the site as “pastoral” and posted pictures and videos of the morning with few Muslims or Arabs around. They said the visit was overseen by Jerusalem Police Commander Yoram Halevi.
Sunday, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan wrote on Twitter that the Waqf opposition to the new security measures “did not stem from the police demand that Waqf officials had to go through the metal detectors, but rather from the Waqf’s opposition to the metal detector’s very existence. This is the reason for the delay in re-opening the Mount.
Some Muslims did enter the Mount to pray despite Waqf calls [not to submit to Israeli security measures to enter the site].
“Waqf officials want to prevent people coming to pray from entering through gates where metal detectors have been posted,” Erdan wrote.
HOLD FIRM.
Bad enough that Dayan gave the WAQF the keys back in 67
If they want to pray do it the safe way.
If they want to protest, let them suck crow
Traitors! Theyre חייב מיתה. And G D forbid they’l soon cry wolf if a deranged Arab does what they do best. Self inflicted pain. Shame on you yiddn!!!!
“Waqf’s opposition to the metal detector’s very existence”
OF COURSE the oppose it!
How will they be able to bring up unto the Mount all kinds of guns and knives with these metal detectors in place?
Chayav misha? You’re the Av Beis Din? You’ll throw the first stone?- let me know where and when
BTW, Rav Goren, ztl, whom even his detractors admitted that he was a world class talmid chacham, drew a detailed map of Har Habayis which clearly showed the areas in which it was permissible to go bizman hazeh.
Wow Maybe this is a test to see if you’ll actually do something perfect time to destroy the Mosque so you can rebuild the Temple while the muslims not up there.
And, Mashiach is not coming until we all learn to speak nicely to each other. Just like we learned in kindergarten…. yeah, everything you needed to know. Look up how to have a difference of opinion…. Rappaports Rules!
The exact place of the holy temple isn’t known ,however by reading the letters of past rabbonim we see that jews DID go about on the temple mount and had the duty to keep the candelabra burning in the mosque It is only in the 20th century that it became forbidden to go on the temple mount because of the fear that it would cause bloodshed of jews. THE ARABS DID US A FAVOUR by not going thru metal detectors thereby letting jews go there without problems.