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| salaampeaceshalom |
| 05/16/03 at 04:31:41 |
[slm] Israel Will Allow Jews Into Al-Aqsa Mosque OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, May 15 (IOL & News Agencies) - The Palestinian Authority warned Thursday, May15 , that Israeli Interior Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi pledge to soon allow Jews to pray inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound even without an agreement with the Palestinians, would only set the region further ablaze. "We cannot tolerate a situation in which worshippers of all faiths are not allowed to pray on Temple Mount. The time is close, much closer than one thinks, when Jews will be able to pray on this holy site," Hanegbi told the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday, May14 . "The site will be reopened as part of an agreement (with the Palestinian authorities), but if there is no agreement, it will be done without one," he stressed. Israel claims that Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site was built on the so-called Temple Mount, an allegation refuted by scores of historians. An extremist group in Israel, the Temple Mount Faithful, has for long been pressing successive Israeli governments into allowing a replica of the said temple. Hanegbi is from the radical branch of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's right-wing Likud party, which sits in a government coalition with two extreme-right nationalist religious parties. The Israeli Yediot Ahornoth reported that the Israeli tourism minister was planning to visit the mosque’s compound later on Thursday, accompanied by a throng of Jews. It said the Israeli commanding officer of occupied Jerusalem, Gen. Mickey Levy, vowed three months ago to open the compound before Jewish worshippers once the U.S.-led war on Iraq came to an end. Following the provocative visit of the then opposition leader Sharon to the mosque on September28 ,2000 , which sparked Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israeli police banned issuing permits to Jews to have access to the mosque. ‘Serious Escalation’ The Palestinian Authority, for its part, dismissed the Israeli pledge as “a serious escalation,” issuing a stark warning that such a decision would further explode the situation in the region. “We warn Israel against step towards implementing this promise, because violence would further spiral as a result,” Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat told AFP. The violence which started with Sharon's visit is still raging today, such a decision would only make things worse,” he added. |
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| Yasmeena |
| 05/18/03 at 21:03:07 |
| [slm] I think that this is a crock! >:( >:( >:( How would the Jews like it if a group of Muslims walked in to their synagogue while they were having a Sabbath service? ??? They would be outraged, cry "Defilement" and close it down until it could be "purified" from the heathen being there. :'( The part about they would do it with or without permission really makes me >:( >:( >:( !! And the Israeli's blame the Muslims for keeping the tensions going??? :o :o How do the rest of my family here feel about this. I am outraged! [slm] Yasmeena |
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| salaampeaceshalom |
| 05/19/03 at 06:41:41 |
| [slm] I completely agree with u sis. When I came across the article I really couldn't believe it. I was shocked and so angry. Who knows though, maybe this will finally get the rest of the so-called ummah to start taking a stand and act against 'israel'. The thing that really bugs me is that historians have stated time and time again that the temple wasn't even on that site. Are israelis just really stupid, arrogant, or stubborn? Or all 3? And the thing is, I reckon if they did go ahead, and despite the outcry from Muslims, everyone else will probably fail to realise the significance of the act. |
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| UmmZaid |
| 05/20/03 at 01:58:32 |
| Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Ok that totally made my stomach lurch. They keep going on and on about how so many suicide bombers are endangering the "road map," b/c they keep killing Isra'ilis, but the Isra'ilis have been killing Palestinians every day since that "road map" was announced... |
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