This is disturbing news from
Ynet:
The High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday to permit members of the Temple Mount Faithful movement to visit the Jerusalem holy site on Tisha B'Av, in the framework of an agreement the State Attorney’s Office reached with the extreme-Right Jewish group.
The Temple Mount and Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) Faithful Movement is an Orthodox movement, founded by Mideast Studies lecturer Gershon Salomon, which wishes to reestablish the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and re-institute the practice of ritual sacrifice.
Currently on the site of the Jewish temple, which was destroyed in 70 A.D., stand Islamic holy sites the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. In the past, members of the movement have been forbidden access to the site out of fear they would spark clashes with Muslims....
Chairman of the far-left Hadash party, MK Mohammad Barakeh, slammed the
court’s verdict.
“This is a dangerous decision made in the shadow of the cruel war Israel is fighting against two peoples – the Palestinians and the Lebanese. Such a decision is like fuel in the hands of pyromaniacs, and could ignite another blaze.”
Art Neslen had an interesting take on this on the
Just Peace list:
As well as the Temple Mount devotees and Revava, the Kahanists may also be mobilising for the Temple Mount demo. I've seen several threats from fascists around Kach to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque and 'bring chaos and destruction' to the old city tomorrow.
There's no point in scaremongering, perhaps they say this kind of thing every year but tensions are extremely inflamed at the moment and the police spokesman I contacted about this last week was utterly complacent. He said that no extra police or precautionary measures would be in place on Tisha B'av. I hope they've reviewed the situation because an attack on Al Aqsa right now would be a catastrophe.
Wonderful timing!
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