The Temple Mount and Noble Sanctuary

[earth_as_one]

If this dispute continues on its current course, eventually it will ignite a war.

Haaretz

After two weeks of relative quiet in the Jerusalem area, disturbances again broke out in the city and its periphery yesterday morning. Shortly after the Temple Mount was opened up to tourists and other non-Muslim visitors, several dozen Palestinians began throwing stones at both police and tourists. The police attempted to disperse the stone throwers and the Temple Mount was closed to visitors....
After two weeks of quiet, violence flares again on Temple Mount - Haaretz - Israel News

Al Jazeera

...Jivara al-Budairi, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem, said the violence in the Old City erupted after the Israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian students and youths in the area.


The youths retaliated by throwing stones at the police.


Israeli police had deployed extra troops to the site early on Sunday after Palestinians called for demonstrations in response to rumours that rightwing Jewish activists were planning to gather at the compound.

The rumours circulated after a fringe Israeli group, the Organisation for the Defence of Human Rights on the Temple Mount, called on Jews to gather at the mosque compound as well as the adjacent Western Wall.

A spokesman for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, condemned "the storming of Haram al-Sharif by Israeli forces" and called on Israel to "halt all provocative acts".


Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Clashes erupt at Aqsa compound

FAQ on Current Jerusalem Unrest

The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. (Mimmi Nietula, Maan Images)
1. What sparked the current unrest in Jerusalem?

2. Why is Jerusalem such a sensitive issue at the moment?

3. Has Jerusalem been a flashpoint in the past?

4. Why is East Jerusalem part of the Occupied Territories and what is its status under international law?

5. What is Jerusalem's importance to Palestinians?


IMEU: FAQ on Current Jerusalem Unrest

The Online Guide to Al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem

AT THE HEART OF JERUSALEM is the Noble Sanctuary, Al-Haram al-Sharif, enclosing over 35 acres of fountains, gardens, buildings and domes. At its southernmost end is Al-Aqsa Mosque and at its centre the celebrated Dome of the Rock. The entire area is regarded as a mosque and comprises nearly one sixth of the walled city of Jerusalem.

The Noble Sanctuary is one of the three most important sites in Islam, and a showcase for Islamic architecture and design from Umayyad to Ottoman times that continues as an important religious and educational centre for Muslims to the present day.

The Noble Sanctuary

The Nobel Sanctuary is threatened by Jewish extremists who seek to destroy it and replace it with a Jewish Temple.

Temple Mount Faithful

Our goal is the building of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in our lifetime in accordance with the Word of G-d and all the Hebrew prophets and the liberation of the Temple Mount from Arab (Islamic) occupation so that it may be consecrated to the Name of G-d.

Working to Rebuild the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Long Term Objectives

1) Liberating the Temple Mount from Arab (Islamic) occupation.

2) Consecrating the Temple Mount to the Name of G-d so that it can become the moral and spiritual center of Israel, of the Jewish people and of the entire world according to the words of all the Hebrew prophets.

3) Rebuilding the Third Temple in accordance with the words of all the Hebrew prophets.

4) Providing a Biblical point of assembly in order that all Israel may fulfill the commandment to assemble three times annually at the times of G-d's festivals and at the place where G-d established His Name forever.

5) Making Biblical Jerusalem the real, undivided capital of the state of Israel.

6) Rejecting false "peace talks" which will result in the dividing of Israel and the breaking of G-d's covenant.

7) Supporting the settlements in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Golan Heights as they are holy.

Objectives of the Temple Mount Faithful

 

[ironsides]

Now here we sort of agree, Jerusalem is the center of three major religions in the world. No one country, religion or people should control it. It has been suggested many times before, but I still think Jerusalem should be declared a open neutral city.

 

[ironsides]

Might be time to step back a little and reevaluate who really is at fault here. Here is a little article that throws more light on the situation. I still think Jerusalem should be open to all, to much world history there.

Israel has every right to build anywhere in Jerusalem. From the mid-1850s until 1948, Jerusalem enjoyed a Jewish majority. It was in 1948, when the Jordanians ethnically cleansed east Jerusalem of the Jewish population, that the Arabs tipped the balance of power.
In reality, it is the UN that illegally negated its own charter's Article 80, which allowed the Jewish people to legally make western Palestine, land west of the Jordan River, the Jewish homeland. Resolution 181 illegally partitioned Palestine once again. Also, the Geneva Convention's Article 49 refers to the inhabiting of land by a conquering power of a sovereign nation. Israel in a defensive war captured Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan, which had conquered a territory, not a sovereign nation.
It is not the Israelis who dealt a blow to the peace talks. It is the Arab leadership, as they plainly want to control Jerusalem, the West Bank and eventually all of Israel as part of their plan to get rid of non-Muslim sovereignty in the Middle East.

Mel Kohan, Wellington

 

[In Between Man]

The Nobel Sanctuary is threatened by Jewish extremists who seek to destroy it and replace it with a Jewish Temple.

It's undoubtedly going to happen, and the Palestinians running the show will agree to it. They will receive a nation and huge injection of money for infrastructure, all in exchange for the temple mount and a false peace for Israel.

 

[Cliffy]

Armageddon tired of waitin'. Someone throw a bomb in there and get the ball rollin'!