Original Post from JCPA: The latest confrontation over the Mercy Gate (Golden Gate, or in Hebrew, Shaar HaRachamim), which has been disputed in the past, reflects a new pact between the opponents of Trump’s “Deal of the Century” consisting of the Palestinian Authority, Turkey, and Jordan, which is concerned about its future status on the Temple Mount. The focus of new tensions on the Temple Mount – the Mercy Gate or Golden Gate compound – has not been chosen by chance by the Waqf council (in its new, broader, extreme composition) as the arena for provocation against Israel at the
Read More +From Police Stop Islamic Work on Temple Mount in Jerusalem: Police on Tuesday stopped Wakf Muslim trust officials from performing unauthorized construction work on the Temple Mount. Officers blocked workers from continuing unauthorized “surfacing work,” said Jerusalem police chief Cmdr.
Read More +Via DailyAlert, from “Under God’s Sovereignty” Is Not a Solution: The ideas resurfacing before the peace meeting in November include the proposal to remove the “sacred basin” in Jerusalem from any sovereign authority, Israeli or Palestinian, and to leave supervision with representatives of the three monotheistic religions. Sovereignty will be “in God’s hands.” However, this suggestion is far from providing an answer to the problem. The international system – at least since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 – has been built on the principle of territorial sovereignty. It is not by chance that no territorial or international conflict has
Read More +Well, that is their goal, folks; it is the goal of Muslims to deny to the world any evidence that Jews did indeed build and live within and next to their religious holy sites. Why do Muslims do that? So as to confound and confuse the rest of the world into believing the mendacious premise that only arabs lived in Israel, and that Jews were just invaders. From Archaeologists: Muslim Dig Damaged Temple Wall: A month-old Islamic dig on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to replace faulty electrical cables has damaged an ancient wall that is likely a remnant of the Second
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