MK Eldad on Temple Mount controversy

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From IsraelNationalNews.com, no link. MK Eldad: The Mughrabi Gate struggle is not over a bridge, but over the principle of Jewish presence. Knesset Member Aryeh Eldad (National Union) says that if the State of Israel is not able to carry out safety maintenance work at the Western Wall plaza, “it means that we are on a dangerous path towards disappearing from the political map of the Middle East.” Speaking with Arutz-7’s Hebrew newsmagazine, Eldad said, “The struggle is over the preservation of the only Temple Mount gate left out of Wakf [Muslim Authority] hands and in Jewish hands.” “The Arabs

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Government approves continuation of excavations at Mugrabi Gate ramp

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Information Department, Israel Foreign Ministry – JerusalemWebsite: http://www.mfa.gov.il====================================================================Jerusalem, 11 February 2007 Government approves continuation of excavations at Mugrabi Gate ramp(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) The Government today (Sunday), 11 February 2007, unanimously approved a draft decision by which excavations will continue at the Mugrabi Gate ramp (http://tinyurl.com/25oubw). The draft passed with the support of all Ministers present; three Ministers were absent from the discussion. The proposal determines: 1. To continue with the planned construction of the Mugrabi Gate ramp in a way that allows completion in the least possible time. To the extent that a municipal building plan

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More Arab propaganda

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Finally. Some tough talk from Israel, and more of the same crap from Arabs. As Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA points out, it would appear that no one is bothered by the fact that Palestinians threw rocks from the Temple Mount down onto the area of Jewish worship at the Western Wall. This Palestinian violence forced Israeli security forces to act. Via Jerusalem Post: Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter told Israel Radio on Saturday that Israel would disprove the Arab propaganda that seeks to convince the world that the al-Aksa Mosque is in danger because of renovations being doneoutside the

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Temple Mount Truths

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An excerpt from an editorial in Haaretz: There has been a commotion since work began to replace a pedestrian bridge that links the Western Wall with the Mugrabi Gate. For those who have forgotten, the situation that prevails at the Temple Mount and the Western Wall plaza is based on a quite stable status quo that has been in place for forty years. David Ben-Gurion described the situation in June 1967 by saying: “The Western Wall is for the Jews at the moment, and the Temple Mount is for the Muslims at the moment, and that is the reality we

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Arafat is a liar

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Folks, we already know that lying comes naturally to Arafat. One of the pieces of information leaked to Muhammad el-Abzi of the international Al-Quds newspaper at Camp David, stated that Barak suggested to Arafat that he set up his presidential offices in Abu Dis. Abu Dis is closer to the Old City and the Temple Mount than the Knesset building, so Barak allegedly said to Arafat that this would make it possible for him to pray every day at the Al Aqsa mosque. To this Arafat replied, “My office will be in the Old City, on the property that is

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