JERUSALEM JEWISH TEMPLE MOUNT - HOW ARABS CAN INCITE A MOB BY JUST SAYING THE JEWS WANT TO TAKE OVER OR DESTROY THE MOSQUE THEY BUILT THERE DURING THEIR CONQUEST

DANGEROUS LIES THAT ARE NOTHING BUT INCITEMENT -

ARABS CONTINUE REPEATING THAT JEWS WANT TO DESTROY THE AL AKSA MOSQUE BUILT  ON TEMPLE MOUNT, THE ANCIENT SITE OF KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

The following article is from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs - JCPA

Palestinians often hear from their leaders that a Muslim holy site in Jerusalem, al-Aksa mosque, is in danger of collapse – and the Jews are to blame. Whether printed in cartoons, preached in mosques or taught in schools, the lie is accepted as common knowledge across the Arab world. Millions of Muslims accept it as truth.

 

The message is clear: Jews seek to expel the Arabs from Jerusalem. This lie is nothing new. For the past century, Palestinian leaders have told the “Al-Aksa is in danger” lie in order to incite their people to attack Jews.

 

It is important to expose and counter this fabrication because it remains a spark that can lead to bloodshed. Nadav Shragai, a veteran journalist and Jerusalem expert, has written the authoritative study on the history of the lie. His work is presented on this site, chapter by chapter. It is also available in PDF or ebook format. Below are five facts that you should know about al-Aksa: -

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1. Political cartoons in major newspapers throughout the Arab world accuse Israel of seeking to undermine and destroy the Dome of the Rock and al-Aksa Mosque. A sample of cartoons published in Arab newspapers.

 

2. In fact, Muslim construction in an area under the mosques, known as Solomon’s Stables, endangers the foundation and destroys archaeological treasures. -

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Left: In 1999, Muslim religious authorities converted Solomon’s Stables into a mosque. An enormous pit dug in the soil of the Temple Mount caused irreversible archaeological damage. (courtesy of Dan Bahat) Right: Part of the soil containing archaeological findings that the Muslim religious authority removed from the large excavation at Solomon’s Stables. (courtesy of the City of David, Ancient Jerusalem archive) -
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3. For the past century, Palestinian leaders have denied the existence of a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and accused Israel of planning attacks on the mosques. -
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The mufti, Haj Amin al-Husseini, father of the “Al-Aksa is in danger” libel; Yasser Arafat denied the existence of a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount; Sheikh Reid Salah, a leading Israeli Islamist, promised to redeem Al-Aksa “in fire and blood.” -
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4. The archaeological digs that Israel has conducted over the years near the Temple Mount, far from the mosques, are a laudable scientific and cultural endeavor.

Left: Volunteers uncover the hidden treasures of Jerusalem at the foot of the Southern Wall, immediately after the Six-Day War. (Fritz Cohen, GPO) Right: Arab workers at the excavations of the Southern Wall. (Ya’acov Sa’ar, GPO)

5. Since liberating Jerusalem in 1967 from Jordanian occupation, Israel has protected religious sites of all faiths and ensured freedom of worship for all peoples.  -

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The only alleged link between Islam and Temple Mount is that it is said that their prophet Muhammad had a dream of being there.  That's all.  He was never there physically. 

Then came the Muslim conquest, the occupation, and the building of a mosque.  Today Muslims say this Jewish sacred site is all theirs, and riot at the mere presence of Jews. 

After Israel liberated Temple Mount in the 1967 war, the Israeli government handed over control over the site to the Jordanians.  The Jordanians had attacked Israel and lost the war.  Still, the secular Israeli government thought nothing of surrendering the most sacred Jewish site in the world to the Arabs as a conciliatory gesture, because of the mosque existing there. 

These days the Arabs who control Temple Mount forbid Jews from praying at the site.  Christian tourists are allowed in, but Jews are harassed and kept out for the most part.  Those Jews allowed in are not allowed to even move their lips in prayer.  If they do so they are arrested.   This violates Israel's own freedom of religion laws.  

 

Israeli authorities arrest Jews for daring to move their lips in prayer when visiting Temple Mount.  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172708#.Uv-9vpuPKM8

 

More information on Temple Mount

 

Here King Solomon built the First Temple almost 3,000 years ago. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, but 70 years later Jews returning from exile built the Second Temple on the same site. King Herod refashioned it into an edifice of great splendor.

 

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Mount.html

 

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