Friday, August 22, 2008

How I would raze al-Aqsa and see the Third Temple Rise again

It is probably a good thing I am not Prime Minister of Israel as I would probably order a missile strike on al-Aqsa the next time Hezbollah showered Northern Israel with missiles and claim Hezbollah did it, in order to end this nonsense once and for all. Ynet News:

Jordan said on Thursday it summoned the Israeli ambassador to protest against plans for excavation and construction work near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Jerusalem's most volatile holy site.

"Foreign Minister Salah Bashir summoned the Israeli ambassador this week to officially inform him that Jordan rejects such illegal measures," said MP Mohammed Abu Hdeib, head of the lower house of parliament's committee on international affairs, after meeting Bashir on Thursday. "Israel plans excavations near Mughrabi Gate (of the mosque) and wants to build a bridge there, violating the 1994 peace treaty with Jordan and international treaties," he said.

Abu Hdeib told AFP that the planned work "threatens the foundations of Al-Aqsa," and warned: "This would also lead to a new violent conflict in the Middle East because Jerusalem is a red line for Muslims and Arabs."
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In February last year, Israel began excavation work on a pathway leading from the Western Wall to the compound, Islam's third holiest site, sparking Muslim outrage and prompting UNESCO to call for an immediate halt to the work. The Jerusalem mayor's office suspended work the same month, but failed to appease the Muslim authorities which asserted that the dig, while not under Al-Aqsa mosque itself, could harm its foundations.

Let us not lose sight of the fact that al-Aqsa is considered the third holiest site for Muslims but its presence freeloads on the Temple Mount – the holiest place in Judaism and the one place no Jew is ever allowed to pray in Eretz Yisrael out of a misguided sense of pandering to the sensitivities to Muslim bigotry.

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